deep has this lie gone. and of the 390 republicans who are running for statewide office in this next two-year cycle a third of them have either come out saying they believe the election was rigged or they ve bought into trump s lie about the election or they have sought to downplay or diminish what happened on january 6th. that s a third. and that includes, by the way, ten republicans who are seeking to be a secretary of state in their state. and that s an important job because those are the people who actually oversee the elections in those states. and it s not for us to i guess presuppose who actually believes what they re saying, but we know that at least for a moment in the aftermath of the horror, ashley, that kevin mccarthy saw the truth. mitch mcconnell saw the truth. but they backed away from the truth because of this dynamic phil s talking about. i think a full 78% of republicans do not believe that president joe biden legitimately won the election. and that is because of th
our colleagues as part of this investigative series conducted a survey. they tried to figure out how deep has this lie gone? of the 390 republicans who are running for statewide office in this next two-year cycle a third of them have either come out saying they believe the election was rigged or they bought into trump s lie about the election or they sought to down play or diminish what happened on january 6th. that s a third. that includes, by the way, ten republicans who are seeking to be a secretary of state in their state. and that s an important job because those are the people who actually oversee the elections in those states. and it s not for us to, i guess, presuppose, who actually believe what they are saying. but we know at least for a moment in the aftermath of the horror, ashley, kevin mccarthy saw the truth. mitch mcconnell saw the truth. but they backed away from the truth because of this dynamic phil is talking about. i think a full 78% of