Ben Wikler
speaker
259 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
Ben Wikler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yes.
This is my argument.
So in Wisconsin, the way that the party works, which I think is a good way that the party works, the party says, whoever comes out of the primary, we're going to be the boots on the ground to support that person, get them through the finish line.
But the party itself, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, will not put its finger on the scale.
I'm now the former chair, my successor chair, Devin Reminger.
His commitment is we're going to work with every candidate to make sure they know how the general election can unfold, and then we hit go.
I think that people lose trust when they feel like the party is trying to decide these things in smoke-filled rooms.
It should be the voters who choose the nominees.
Yes.
I think there's tons of grassroots energy and, you know, there's a... You can see it surging and, you know... Sure.
There are currently five candidates for governor.
Yes.
I think there's a lot of candidates have a lot of big ideas, and a lot of them describe themselves as definitely progressive.
One's a democratic socialist.
There's a variety of different views and strategies for how to get there.
Right.
And different elected officials are endorsing different people.
Governor Evers just made an endorsement of one of the candidates.
As the Democratic Socialist candidate, who's currently in first in the primary, she said, everyone can have their own voice in this, and the voters decide who's going to win.
That is how democracy works.
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