Former President Trump and his allies. During the hearing, Maricopa County supervisor bill gates testified that this effort to undermine the integrity of our elections was, and i quote, the biggest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and disinformation. We asked local Election Officials in four states, arizona, florida, ohio, and texas how election lies are impacting their ability to do their jobs. What we heard is chilling, Election Officials are under siege. They face growing campaigns of harassment and threats, all driven by false accusations of fraud. For example, we learned that after the 2020 election conspiracy theorists alex jones, roger stone, and
Former president donald trump. They also about talk about increasing resources for Election Administration and social medias role countering election misinformation. This roundtable discussion from the House Oversight and Reform Committee is one hour 15 minutes. Undtable on election misinformation. Nearly a year ago this Committee Held a meeting in arizona. This audit was inspired by life about Election Fraud spread by former President Trump and his allies. During the hearing, Maricopa County supervisor bill gates testified that this effort to undermine the integrity of our elections was, and i quote, the biggest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and dis
Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and disinformation. We asked local Election Officials in four states, arizona, florida, ohio, and texas how election lies are impacting their ability to do their jobs. What we heard is chilling, Election Officials are under siege. They face growing campaigns of harassment and threats, all driven by false accusations of fraud. For example, we learned that after the 2020 election conspiracy theorists alex jones, roger stone, and mike lindell singled out one florida election administrator, they publicized his Office Phone Number and encouraged listeners to call with the message that we are watching him and he is a piece of crap. He reported receiving countless th
Arizona. This audit was inspired by life about Election Fraud spread by former President Trump and his allies. During the hearing, Maricopa County supervisor bill gates testified that this effort to undermine the integrity of our elections was, and i quote, the biggest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and disinformation. We asked local Election Officials in four states, arizona, florida, ohio, and texas how election lies are impacting their ability to do their jobs. What we heard is chilling, Election Officials are under siege. They face growing campaigns of harassment and threats, all driven by false accusations of fraud. For example, we learned that a
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