what lessons have we learned so far? i think that the biggest question here is did republicans learn a lesson. republicans after the november election saw how democrats were able to beat them, not just in georgia, but around the country in early voting. and they talked about how they need to do better. it is clear that in this election in georgia, they haven t. their early voting electorate is more democratic than it was in the november general election. so that is a first big takeaway is republicans have not learned that lesson. and is that republican voter psychology issue or is that the democratic campaigns are doing a better job, i ll call it building the voter file? as all done digitally now. old days you knocked on the door. but are democrats just better at the nuts and bolts? it is both. frankly, democrats have gotten this is something that the republicans used to destroy democrats with. you think about the republican party in florida and what they did with mail voting.
election systems in three states and not a lawyer but i have to wonder, how it really does seem it s worth noting that even with the special access to non public voting data, trump allies could not make the because there was clearly no case to make. amy gardner, the national post political reporter, one of the authors of that new report. she joins me now. amy, i had you back unfit for a story. the first time for the civil suit filings we learned this forensic firm had been hired and they got non public election data from how many places do we know? we know about three. nevada, georgia and michigan. in all of those cases, this is not like some voter file or public data even those hard to get? this was not? that this was data that should not be in the hands of the public, was not public information? that s true. they copied images of the actual imaging system. not files that show voter but actually found the show how
suit filings we learned this forensic firm had been hired and they got non public election data from how many places do we know? we know about three. nevada, georgia and michigan. in all of those cases, this is not like some voter file or public data even those hard to get? this was not? that this was data that should not be in the hands of the public, was not public information? that s true. they copied images of the actual imaging system. not files that show voter but actually found the show how the system operates. so those who believe this is evidence that the systems are now compromised because it s now out there say that this is a sort of broad
theorists, one senator brought up sidney powell and he said, you know, that s not of my concern. so they followed up and said, well, is that possible? and he said, yeah, it s absolutely possible. so i don t think they re considering their own election, their own ballot or really anything other than pressure from both their base and then also former president trump to just continue litigating the 2020 election. neal katyal, again, it would be stupid and maybe funny if it wasn t dangerous and deadly. i wonder if there are federal laws that are in question of turning over all that private data in a voter file? not a voter file but on ballot, right? yeah, absolutely. with a request this big, the pennsylvania republicans aren t just going on a fishing expedition, they re bringing like an entire commercial trawler and asking for all of the information, a bunch of private information about 7 million voters in pennsylvania. there s a reason why states