yeah, this is insane just from a competence standpoint. we ve had 13 other states visit and i would say to them, this is not the audit you want. this is far from the gold standard of audits. you re looking for the ernst and young of accounting. or the latham and watkins of law firms. you re not looking for a newbie company who has never done this before who as cnn very capably showed doesn t even have office space and is sending the data off to a mysterious house in montana. that is not the gold standard. you want to do better just from a competency standpoint. and so that you can talk to more than just the stop the steal crowd. let s be honest. this arizona audit isn t going to convince anyone outside of the crowd that already believes the election was stolen. yeah. and just listening to you, you know, point out that they are sending ballots to some guy in
guard rails if it does go forward. he has made clear previously if they move forward with this ballot examination he wants the folks who want to examine the ballots to submit their protocols to the court ahead of time. he is not just going to hand the ballots over. they will remain in the care and security of fulton county. it is also possible he ll require them to submit their findings to the court before they go out and talk about them publicly. he is trying to put some guard rails in place but obviously it is going to be quite a spectacle no matter what. sara murray, appreciate it. now the effort election doubters in georgia, pennsylvania, and elsewhere have modeled their would be so-called audits after. in our last hour we heard from the arizona secretary of state kitty hobbs about her concerns as the audit there wraps up. joining us now is maricopa county recorder and republican steven richard. appreciate you being with us. what is your understanding of what is going to happen w
filibuster to stop the for the people act from even being debated. think about this. in the aftermath of an insurrection with our democracy on the line, and many of these same republican senators going along with the notion that somehow there were irregularities and problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, they are suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out solutions on the floor of the senate. they don t even want to talk about voting. and that is not acceptable. the former president warned in his words that we can t take democracy for granted and, quote, he speaks to more than just a senate vote. this week sees arizona bracing for potential violence as the group of so-called ballot auditors wraps up their so-called work. and in georgia, a version of that kind of sham audit is right
guardrails in place but obviously it is going to be quite a spectacle no matter what. sara murray, appreciate it. now, the effort election doubters in georgia, pennsylvania, and elsewhere have modeled their would be so-called audits after. in our last hour we heard from the arizona secretary of state katie hobbs about her concerns as the audit there wraps up. joining us now is maricopa county recorder and republican steven richer. appreciate you being with us. what is your understanding of what is going to happen when the so-called these, quote-unquote, results come out from the so-called audit in arizona and what exactly is the process for returning the ballots? yeah, well, thank you very much for having me on. i really appreciate it. part of the problem is that we haven t gotten clarity about this process. we don t know exactly what to expect. but we do understand there will be some sort of report and that might be issued in late july but it might take longer than that. but, lo
montana. that is not the gold standard. you want to do better just from a competency standpoint. and so you can talk to more than just the stop the steal crowd. let s be honest this arizona audit isn t going to convince anyone outside of the crowd that already believes the election was stolen. yeah. just listening to you, you know, point out that they are sending ballots to some guy in montana we think to his house where i don t know what he is doing with it in the comfort of his own home, and it s funny, you know, on one hand because it is so ludicrous as you say and, yet, there is really nothing funny about it because a lot of, you know, good and decent people are taking this seriously because they have been lied to and, you know, misled. you re absolutely right. the people who are working there, most of them are good, decent people who just want to be helping out the state. but look. you go back to why on earth