jake tapper: and it was not just pressure, there were threats usually from trump supporters who felt empowered d or inciteded by h. take for instance the two men in this hummer with a qanon decal. prosecutors say they drove the vehicle filled with automatic weapons and ammunition from virginia to the philadelphia convention center in early november 2020 where votes were still being counted. at the time, al schmidt was the republican responsible for overseeing the vote count in philadelphia. he received threats aimed at his family. al schmidt: tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot. included our address, included my children s names, included a picture of our home. jake tapper: and the republican house speaker in that state had protesters show up at his home. [indistinct chanting] bryan cutler: there were multiple protests, at least three, outside either my district office or my home.
he will no longer be in the state legislature. rusty bowers: i m rusty bower jake tapper: term limited in the state house, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. rusty bowers: i ve stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. my opponent was david farnsworth. donald trump: david farnsworth is going to do the job. jake tapper: their positions on the major issues nearly identical except for one. david farnsworth: i believe the election was stolen. jake tapper: farnsworth bought into trump s election lies. bowers did not. speaker: arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over state house speaker, rusty david farnsworth: i lost big. it is very possible that the bill that i assigned liberally to my committees will be back. possibility of that getting a governor s signature would d just be a a disaster. i call it t the possibibilityf going baback into ththe dark as in arizonana.
jake tapper: and it was not just pressure, there were threats usually from trump supporters who felt empowered d or inciteded by h. take for instance the two men in this hummer with a qanon decal. prosecutors say they drove the vehicle filled with automatic weapons and ammunition from virginia to the philadelphia convention center in early november 2020 where votes were still being counted. at the time, al schmidt was the republican responsible for overseeing the vote count in philadelphia. he received threats aimed at his family. al schmidt: tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot. included our address, included my children s names, included a picture of our home. jake tapper: and the republican house speaker in that state had protesters show up at his home. [indistinct chanting] bryan cutler: there were multiple protests, at least three, outside either my district office or my home. my then 15-year-old son was home by himself for the first one. brad raffensperger: we h
rusty bowers: i m rusty bower jake tapper: term limited in the state house, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. rusty bowers: i ve stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. my opponent was david farnsworth. donald trump: david farnsworth is going to do the job. jake tapper: their positions on the major issues nearly identical except for one. david farnsworth: i believe the election was stolen. jake tapper: farnsworth bought into trump s election lies. bowers did not. speaker: arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over state house speaker, rusty david farnsworth: i lost big. it is very possible that the bill that i assigned liberally to my committees will be back. possibility of that getting a governor s signature would d just be a a disaster. i call it t the possibibilityf going baback into ththe dark as in arizonana. jake tapapper: as ththe us heheaded into the 2022 midterm
he will no longer be in the state legislature. rusty bowers: i m rusty bower jake tapper: term limited in the state house, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. rusty bowers: i ve stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. my opponent was david farnsworth. donald trump: david farnsworth is going to do the job. jake tapper: their positions on the major issues nearly identical except for one. david farnsworth: i believe the election was stolen. jake tapper: farnsworth bought into trump s election lies. bowers did not. speaker: arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over state house speaker, rusty david farnsworth: i lost big. it is very possible that the bill that i assigned liberally to my committees will be back. possibility of that getting a governor s signature would d just be a a disaster. i call it t the possibibilityf going baback into ththe dark as in arizonana.