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Ben Wikler: “Wisconsin is the one state in the upper Midwest that has not…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 23:13

And if we do this, we can not only avert a Trumpian catastrophe, we can also win down ballot in a way that will fundamentally change the future of our state. I can say we in Wisconsin is the one state in the upper Midwest that has not expanded Medicaid. We don't like being the state where it is hardest to vote of any upper Midwestern state. We're the fourth hardest state to vote in the entire country. (23:13–23:20)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has not expanded Medicaid, unlike other upper Midwest states.

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