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Dora Drake: “A lot of the issues at that time was unemployment cases…”

Featuring: Dora Drake, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 4

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Diving into Democracy with Rep. Dora Drake

Published | Video Starts at 11:11

… that way, I think both options should be viable, and there shouldn't be barriers to preventing that. And so those were the issues that I ran on in 2020. And A lot of the issues at that time was unemployment cases, unemployment insurance, and how that had an impact on people just making sure they could put food on the table and pay their bills during the pandemic. Yeah, especially. But we were right in the, what, six months, seven months into. Into the whole pandemic and shut down and, you know, where could you work? Exactly. Exactly. (11:11–11:21)

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Asserts that unemployment issues were significant during the pandemic.

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