Ezra Klein: “Ben Wickler was a chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party…”

“When you call the Democratic Party, who picks up the phone? And then what could the Democratic Party, the official party, actually be if it was reinvented for this era? Ben Wickler was a chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party from 2019 to 2025. He turned that party into a fundraising door knocking powerhouse in Wisconsin, where the state is very, very close, that might have made the difference.” (00:19–00:24)

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