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Ben Wikler: “Who gave him a big victory this week and said you could…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Election Strategy Discussion with Edwin Eisendrath and Ben Wickler

Published | Video Starts at 12:15

… that we have enough of a margin that we don't wind up in a situation where the fate of democracy hinges on Trump's hand. Pick U.S. supreme Court justices. Right. Who gave him a big victory this week and said you could throw out votes in a state. Exactly. Yeah. And who also said he had, you know, total immunity from anything, that he has an official capacity. I mean, there's. There's very clearly a risk there, and they. (12:15–12:20)

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Asserts that [the U.S. Supreme Court] gave [Trump] a victory allowing votes to be thrown out in a state.

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