coming up on the second hour of ayman, the fight of a lifetime. election denialism is threatening to take over arizona. i ll speak with katie hobbs, the democratic nominee for governor and secretary of state about her efforts to stop the conspiracies once and for all. then outrage in georgia. one woman sounds off after her struggle to cast a ballot. hear how she fought back, and the latest on the brutal assault of speaker nancy pelosi s has been, what democrats are saying, and what republicans are not. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. call it trump s election denier trifecta on the arizona bout. the republican contenders for secretary of state, attorney general and governor of arizona have all loudly echoed trump s election lies, and they continue to spread disinformation about voting just ten days before the midterms. that this information in part as led to a series of voter intimidation issues across the state. secretary of state and gubernatorial candidat
disinformation about voting just ten days before the midterms. that this information in part as led to a series of voter intimidation issues across the state. secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate katie hobbs, who will join me in a moment, has referred a total of ten potential voting intimidation complains to law enforcement. some of these instances, voters are being photographed, filmed and fault as they drop off their early ballots at drop boxes. behavior that is actually being encouraged by some republicans in the state. arizona state senator kelly townsend told presidents back in may, i have been so pleased to hear all of you vigilantes out there that want to come out at these drop boxes, so do it. do it. more recently, the republican nominee for secretary of state, mark finchem, has defended the vigilantism. here is president obama tonight seeming to reference these instances. if they re telling supporters that you had to
checked in. leading fears of voting intimidation. do you see some of this activism at the polls by the gop as an extension of trump s big lie? and what happened on january 6th. do you see any connections? i do. absolutely. you know, the big lie about the election that we can t trust elections to decide who should represent us anymore. that any time the republicans lose, it must be because the elections are rigged. that s a that s an argument that goes right at the heart of our democracy. if we can t rely on elections to decide who should govern, then it just paves the way for violence. we saw that on january 6th. and what they re doing around the country, what they re doing if they re sending people to intimidate folks at the polls in virginia is just more of the same. sadly, the republican party, under donald trump, has become an anti-democratic, anti-truth cult of the former president.