just about 2022, but 2024 i think will be the deciding election in many ways about what direction our democracy goes. if it s going to continue to exist. all of the reporting on voting rights puts the people who are if r doing the kinds of things that protect our democracy, not in a vacuum, but from full out assault by republicans. it s predicated on a lie that that was fraud. there wasn t fraud. the new york times who covers the laws in the states says those are some of the most secure ways to vote because you have to show your driver s license. so they re eliminating some of what were the most secure ways to vote during the pandemic all in the name of fictional voter fraud. why did this get relegated to democratic activist issue? why isn t it an all america issue? well, it is an all america
symbiotic relationship between the media and the right wing politicians. the more the right wing politicians like these legislators in california launch these new investigations and reviews and call them audits, even though they re not really audits, the more they do that, the more oxygen they re giving to these reporters to keep the story alive. of course viewers are going to think there is something to it. why would the state legislature launch this investigation if there wasn t fraud? there wasn t fraud, but they re doing it, anyway. let me give you a preview of what s coming up next week, everybody. the new book written by bob costas is called peril. we ll see a leak of this book in the coming days. let me read what eugene robinson said about peril. republican jonathan carr promises it will be newsworthy on an international scale. it s an interesting quote, but we ll hear about peril a lot in the coming days.
that legislation to battle restrictive voting laws enacted by several gop-led states after t the last election claiming fraud while there wasn t fraud. kentucky, a red state is making it easier. by the way, they re doing it in a bipartisan way. joining me now to talk about this is the republican secretary of state. secretary, thanks for talking with me this morning. you ve seen nationally in many states where you have gop majorities where the push is supporting. this is a bipartisan effort by democrats and republicans, republicans in kentucky. why are republicans in kentucky expanding access to voting while in other states doing the opposite? well, i think just because we got two things right here.