local election workers, in 2020, he was harassed and threatened, as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the plim threats and pressure. political threats and pressure. he was so trusted by both political parties, that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, appointed him as pennsylvania s secretary of state, a republican who ensured the integrity of the elections. that s a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitment speak volumes of we the people. that s what we are also seeing in benson. twice elected jocelyn benson, twice elected in michigan to protect the sacred right to vote and have that vote counted fairly. that s what she did in 202. when she oversaw a record number of michiganders turn out to vote in that election. finding an armed mob, an armed mob outside of her home on christmas eve, which she and her son were decorating their christmas tree inside. but she refused to back down
both of them are just doing their jobs, until they were targeted and threatened by the same predators and pedlers of lies which fueled the insurrection. they were literally forced from their homes, facing despicable racist taunts, despite it all, ruby freeman and shay moss found the courage to testify openly and honestly to the whole country and the world about their experience, to set the record straight about the lies, and defend the integrity of our elections. ruby and shay don t deserve what happened to you, but you do deserve the nation s eternal thanks for showing the dignity and grace of we the people. presumptuous of me but i m so proud of you both, proud of you both. albert smit, a former republican city commissioner in philadelphia, who spent a decade overseeing nonpartisan counting of votes, like so many other
of state brad raffensperger once again claiming there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election in georgia. of course, there was none, but he s still demanding that raffensperger dessert phi the election result which he cannot do and of course there was none. this fraud claim is traced to a group of pedlers claiming to be news states. the latest letter is coming from one of the two people that we are aware of who are being investigated for election interference in georgia that probe by the fulton county d.a. is also investigating south korea senator lindsey graham for a call he made to raffensperger back in november asking him to toss out mail ballots in certain counties n a state he doesn t live in. graham denies trying to interfere with the election. what we are learning more about graham s role in the campaign by trump to overturn the election
white house. and critics are blasting the appointment. it is ease a eto see why the kkk views trump as their champion when trump apoints one of the foremost pedlers of white supremacist and rhetoric as his top aid. the antidefamation league issued this statement. it s a sad day when a man who presided over the premier website of theality-right is a slated to be a senior staff member in the people s house. and the appointment of stephen bannon as a top trump administration strategist sends the disturbing message that anti-muslim conspiracy theories and white nationalist ideology
craft tax policy. the middle class will be a swath of people. if we re talking about median income around $50,000 that swath can t be that wide. you re grabbing so many people into that group that it doesn t have any meaning any more. let me ask steve this who is here as well. let s be blunt about what the real issue here is which is influence pedlers in media and politicians live in areas where the income is far higher so to them $250,000 does seem more like the middle class than i want does to average americans. my question to you steve does that influence the debate we re having here and if so, why? there might be something to be said for that. at the same time what she is are saying, think back to the 1990s and bill clinton and where the origin of that s $250,000 figure. that came from bill clinton in the 1992 campaign. he waged at the time what was a fairly populace campaign on taxes and on economic policy. he was talking about asking the