representatives to run the government. everything those wrong people do with the heavily democratic areas are is illegitimate by default and definition and so because they won, they, by definition, stole the election from donald trump. jena griswald is secretary of state of the state of colorado. her job was to oversee the 2020 presidential election and she s been sounding the alarm about future elections and she s also the chair of the democratic associations of the secretaries of state and she joins me now. i want to first get your reaction to a member of the united states senate using the phrase how to steal an election in regards to what was essentially a voter turnout operation of voter education operation, an attempt to get absentee ballots in the hands of people that need it. what does it do if a democracy if someone that powerful and prominent is calling that
future elections. and she joins me now. i want to first just get your reaction to a member of the united states senate using the phrase how to steal an election in regards to what was essentially a voter turnout operation, a voter education operation, an attempt to get absentee ballots in the hands of people who needed it. like, what does it do to our democracy if someone that powerful and prominent is calling that stealing? well, thanks for having me on, chris. happy holidays. i wish it was on a happier topic, but what senator paul is doing is saying the quiet part loud. they don t want certain people to vote. and that s what extreme elected officials have been laying the groundwork for the last two years and it s dangerous. having u.s. senators, having former presidents spout lies and gaslight the american people make it easier for voter suppression, easier to install
0 once again, a member of donald trump s inner circle is telling on themselves confessing to their role in the ex-president s attempted coup. a few weeks ago it was former chief of staff mark meadows. he published a memoir and turned over documents voluntarily to the january 6th committee revealing among other things that he was involved in discussions about a scheme to stop the certification of electors for joe biden. now the confessions are coming from peter navarro, a former trade adviser to then president donald trump. in an interview with the daily beast he provides details about not keeping him in power. he worked closely with steve bannon and they plotted with many members of congress. navarro tells the daily beast, quote, we spent a lot of time lining up over 100 congressmen including senators. quote it started out perfectly. at 1:00 p.m. gosar and cruz did exactly what was expected of them and that is the counting of votes. navarro admits the plan would not overturn the elec