life terms in prison. that s not always the case. the southern poverty law center decided they d bankrupt the ku klux klan with a civil lawsuit. it was very effective. the klan had to turn over their headquarters to the mother of a young man who had been lynched by members of that organization. i think we re seeing a similar strategy at play here. some of the groups in charlottesville in 2017 started to disband so i think we re fortunate to see this important smart use of the legal system in order to convince these groups it s just not in their financial interests to continue going forward. tyler, can you tell us what it s like in charlottesville? are supporters of these groups there? is there tension? can you take us inside what it s like this week? if there are any supporters of the defendants around i haven t seen them. a lot of support for the plaintiffs. there s been people outside the
listen, i was in a race against lindsey graham. there were a lot of questions people may have about that and this and that but at the end of the day i didn t get enough votes so therefore i didn t win and lindsey graham did so i moved on. the republicans need to put on their big boy and big girl pants action pull them up, this is how you do elections. this is what democracy is all about, but it s sad to see that they are in such a bad state right now, because it does threaten our democracy, but we can t let it. we have to fight back with everything we have and that s what the dnc is doing every day. thank you for spending some time with us ahead of the two races next week. we ll continue to check in with you. thank you, nicole. when we come back opening statements in the lawsuit against two dozen organizers of the deadly riot in charlottesville. an update is next. we re making the fagioli!
pass them and then give them to the president so he can give out everything else. the american people are ready for some of the big things in this legislation and it will improve the lives of a lot of working families, and so i m excited about it, and we will get it done, and it will demonstrate democrats do deliver, and that we know how to govern and we know and will always fight to deliver for the american people. the polls i ll put up an unfair snapshot like emotion picture of the snap on your iphone but they re not great and i wonder if you have a plan ready to roll out once you have legislation to sell and market the bill in every sort of competitive doctorate stake. we will be going, a lot of people are like why aren t there tv ads up now and this and that.
country s election. now a year later the big lie is making itself felt in the virginia governor s race. the washington post is reporting on a sharp spike of the number of republican poll watchers. the integrity push has largely driven the influx of election observers this this year s gubernatorial race according to local, state, and national republican officials. in some trainings, prospective poll watchers have be taught to see themselves as a bull work. while multiple registrars say they welcome the commitment to transparency some have made election officials uneasy because it is clear president trump s claims of mass voter fraud have driven a lot of the interest. of course the big lie isn t just playing out in our elections or in virn s elections. we have also seen how it leads to and incites deadly violence.
republican leaning independents believe the results of the 2020 election should be overthrown. your thoughts? i think we have got a lot of work to do to protect our democracy. some of that is going to happen by beating these folks who continue to perpetuate the big lie. some of it is going to be happening bypassing laws that actually protect our election. and some of it is standing up and acknowledging the kind of people like you just had on there, al schmidt, a republican from pennsylvania, a real public servant acknowledging what he is facing and media and others taking responsibility for their own actions. when the wall street journal publishes a letter like they published from the former president yesterday the fire gets reignited over and over and over again. i think we have to speak truth. we have to act responsibly. and we have to win at the ballot box to defeat the big lie and