8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.
14 years. Congressman, former congressman Dick Gephardt joining us this morning, now a member of the National Council on election integrity. Nine days after the election yal election, thanks for being with us this morning. Guest great to be with you. Host tell us about the organization youre involved with and what your efforts have done so far in the 2020 election. Guest sure. So about four months ago, a number of us former federal officials pulled together the National Council for election integrity. We now have over 40 members of this council. Its evenly divided between republicans and democrats. It includes former members of congress, like bill frist, dash ill, tom ridge, a number of others. We also have former cabinet secretaries, like madeleine former department of Homeland Security secretaries. And weve got three former fourstar generals or admirals. Weve got a pretty broadbased group. And our concern four months ago was that with the pandemic and with the high volume of mailin b
The heat of the partisan fight that was at that point to come, we did not lose the principles of free and fair elections. So were working every day to defend the right of every american to participate in an election that they can trust and find legitimate. Host and youre funded by individual donors, by larger groups . Guest were a 501c3 nonprofit and we dont talk about donors. They respect their privacy, as do groups on all sides of the political spectrum. Host as you look at the president ial race, where are we now and how many legal challenges across the country has the Trump Campaign put forth . Guest well, there are a number of legal challenges that have been filed by the Trump Campaign or related entities, particularly targeting a few key states based on the results and what i presume to be a calculation about how they can get to 270 in the he leble college. Those states would be pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, nevada and georgia. Those seem to be getting the most attention. Most
Something so dear and so precious that he would die for it then he doesnt have much to live for. We have seen the revolution began in many ways and through the course of this following has many tributaries. We are concerned with its effects, which we said are not uniform. One of the difficult fights but one in which the negro has scored impressive gains is in shattering what reverend Martin Luther king has called the appalling apathy of the good people. Birmingham helped shatter some of that. A fellow board member of the National Council of churches was told some time or other we are all going to have to stand and be on the receiving end of a fire hose. Leaders of all three faiths decided they must do something not just Say Something and many clergymen were stepping from behind their pulpits and joining the ranks of pick ets. Until then Church Action limited to a few fronts. Among them new orleans. It was three years ago grade School Desegregation came. It happened in new orleans. The
Birmingham helped shatter that told a board blake member of the National Council of churches. Sometime or other, we will have to stand and be on the receiving end of a firing hose. Leaders of all three fates decided they must do something, not just Say Something so many white clergymen were stepping from behind their pulpits and joining the ranks. Until then, Church Action has been limited to a few fronts. Among them, new orleans. Schoole years ago, trade desegregation came to the deep south. It happened in new orleans, the battle developed within the White Community. Those who saw desegregation as that viewlity, personified by most members of the school board. On the other side, those who shouted never. For a time, this second force prevailed, largely because the city leadership shrank from the fight. As frequently happens in leadership vacuums, even in the streets of so sophisticated a city, violence overtakes reason. It happened right here in new orleans. Teenagersvember day, protes