vote counts. the departments found those claims were not credible. not credible, as in, there was no foreign interference. the kind trump allies, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others repeatedly touted on the campaign trail as evidence to fuel their dangerous lie on the legitimacy of the november result. of course, that was just a small part of the disinformation apparatus that trump and his supporters deployed in the weeks and months surrounding the election. there was also the lie that china not so much russia was involved in a massive election manipulation campaign. here s donald trump breaking with his own fbi director christopher wray on that point. we ve certainly seen very active, very active efforts by the russians to influence our election in 2020 through maligned foreign influence side of things. social media, use of proxies, state media, online journals, et cetera. an effort to both sow divisiveness and discord and i think the intelligence community has ass
also greater penalties for those who would threaten election officials or poll workers or voters or anyone who s trying to count votes. if there are no reforms that are passed in trying to ensure a fair and secure election and instead what you have is these laws in states led by republicans where they re trying to fix a voter fraud problem that doesn t exist, where does that leave us? i think it leaves us in a place where first of all it s a state by state battle. and in every state it s important to marshal the forces of businesses, unions, church groups, civic organizations to stand together for the rule of law and for fair elections and to for example, when texas tried to pass as part of its election law a provision that would have made it easier for a state judge to throw out the results of an election, there was pressure and that provision was removed. so i do think that even on the state by state level there s the ability to do that. and we have to agitate for
ensure voting rights flounder in congress, obstacles to voting are going up undeterred in states and counties across the country. and not just in states that donald trump refuses to admit he lost. there s no way we lost georgia. in michigan pennsylvania. take a look at wisconsin. nevada. we found a lot of votes in new hampshire. also in florida where trump not only won in 2020 but increased his 2016 margin, a state that of course that he calls home, the state where his biggest potential rival for the republican nomination for 2024 calls home. republicans are working to tip the scale to fix a voter fraud problem that does not exist. ron desantis himself just months ago touting how the election went in florida in 2020. i think we had the best-run election in this state that we probably ever have. so well-run, in fact, he wants to spend millions and
as we watch voting rights flounder in congress, obstacles to voting are going up undeterred in states and counties across the country. and not just in states that donald trump refuses to admit he lost. there s no way we lost georgia. in michigan. pennsylvania. take a look at wisconsin. nevada. we found a lot of votes in new hampshire. also in florida where trump not only won in 2020 but increased his 2016 margin, a state that of course that he calls home, the state where his biggest potential rival for the republican nomination for 2024 calls home. republicans are working to tip the scale to fix a voter fraud problem that does not exist. ron desantis himself just months ago touting how the election went in florida in 2020. i think we had the best-run election in this state that we probably ever have. so well-run, in fact, he
one survey, up to a quarter of them are potentially going to retire by 2024. and so it s not just about the threats to them, which is terrible enough in itself, but it means that we re going to be losing people with experience, people who have integrity, who ve been running our elections. who knows who s going to replace them? so we need federal law to provide greater protection for these election officials and also greater penalties for those who would threaten election officials or poll workers or voters or anyone who s trying to count votes. if there are no reforms that are passed in trying to ensure a fair and secure election and instead what you have is these laws in states led by republicans where they re trying to fix a voter fraud problem that doesn t exist, where does that leave us? i think it leaves us in a place where first of all it s a state by state battle. and in every state it s important to marshal the forces