the election integrity unit that the governor staffed up, we ve covered it quite a bit. big announcement, long for cement behind him. we ve seen the body cam footage of those individuals, completely bewildered by a state that had told them they could vote, and then, went to arrest them. what do you think about that? i think it s pathetic. and i think it s intentional intimidation. that is as obvious as and so, what the governor does something like that, that is really, when you think of it, chris, anti democracy. he is trying to intimidate from voting by arresting people who have already been going their voter i. d. card. it s unconscionable. it s shocking. charlie crist, democratic nominee for governor of florida, the state he served in the many capacities you just heard. thank you very much. that is all in on this monday night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening. thank you for joining us that hour. really happy to you have here. here s
the groundwork, the foundation of what their excuse will be. i cannot wait to hear it on election night or the days that follow. the reason they want the hate democracy,. the people that love democracy. that s the whole point of democracy to get more votes. it s not when the wrong people vote. congressman, they don t want people to really vote, do they? not on the issues that matter. when the issue of abortion went back to the states, they said you can t do that. that his anti- woman, anti- democracy. kansas decided to keep abortion. other states will choose differently. they don t want that choice. not when it comes to babies. great point, laura. in the end they don t trust the people who get elective office. they want the experts and the scientist. they want fauci running our lives. they don t want the folks who were elected by the we the people who are supposed to make the laws and an act things.
election day. but these primaries for who can win on that day, who even will be in a position as a major party nominee to win, they keep playing out pretty randomly because every stage sets its own dates, and right now some of the primaries may matter even more than election day because there are more people running to seize power to try to end democracy, to try to corrupt our system of government so your vote won t matter. more people running to do that that at any point in modern history. so these primaries oare something of a checkpoint, but those figures keep winning republican primaries with signs of an extreme post selection slate of candidates even more anti-democracy than some of the more republican incumbents who have minimized the insurrection. and it s exactly some of those types of candidates who won again last night. we ve got a crazy fake
nothing wrong with our biden won. elections, joe biden won. bowling. [noise] [noise] that that is is that sky donald trump the endorsed for person that donald secretary of state affairs honest. trump endorsed to be secretary of state a representative, mark french and, for in that clip arizona. he is criticizing secretary mark one of his primary vincent. he s criticizing one of his opponents for recognizing the need legitimate assault on the 2020 election. he tops his nearest rival by nearly 11 points. the polls in arizona close it 10 pm eastern time nearly two hours from now. but if finchem works wins tonight, he ll be the republican candidate for the secretary of state and just one election away from being the guy in charge of elections in arizona. and anti-democracy republican who believes the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump, and mark fischer is just one of the ballot democrat poses a threat through our next.
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