you recently reintroduced the preventing election subversion act. this would institute new safeguards to protect state election officials from partisan pressure and to empower nonpartisan local election officials. this legislation may have an uphill battle in congress. but especially considering the legal landscape right now, why is it so important for this bill to pass? so, i mean, anyone listen to the story when sheamus and ruby freeman testified on january 6th, what they did was they showed up to work a job that every citizens show up to do, to be part of our democracy. this should have never been subjected to the things they were subjected to. we have to make sure we re, number one, keeping election workers safe, number two, giving our local jurisdictions, our county boards of elections, every tool in their tool book to make sure that everyone has access to the ballot. we should not allow one person or one party to come in and overturn the will of the
voters. this election subversion act that s been reintroduced, it might have an uphill battle now, katie, but what i do know is that we are going to have another election cycle in 2024. when we re in the majority, under the leadership of a speaker, we will get voting rights legislation passed, including the voting rights, advancement act, and election subversion act, we can make sure that no matter where you live in this country, in about two years of coterie bank account, everyone has the same access to the ballot. congresswoman, i have less than a minute, i did want to ask something about the following. you know, donald trump, very publicly has a pattern of harassment, intimidation of women, and especially women of color. yeah, it looks like it s the women and the women of color especially that are standing up and saying, no. natasha brown, my last hour, saying these are defenders of democracy. what s your message to people that want to break the law regardless of whether or not th
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