insurrection. let s go ut out front. good and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, biden s urgent pitch to save his voting bill. today, president biden traveled to georgia using the power of the presidential bully pulpit to make his case in a speech after exhausting every other option at winning over all of his own party. last year alone, 19 states not proposed but enacted 34 laws attacking voting rights. their endgame? to turn the voters into a mere suggestion. today, we call on congress to get done what history will judge. pass the freedom to vote act. pass it now! which would prevent voter suppression. biden, you know, obviously, wants to do something here. he wants this done, and given the big lie from trump, of
groundwork is being laid for 2024 and beyond right in front of our very eyes today. take georgia, for example. after biden won there, the republican-controlled state legislator passed strict new election and voting laws. the republicans are now using those laws to take control of county election boards, pushing democratic members off the committee and replacing them with republicans. just last november georgia s republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, refused to back down when trump pressured him to find 11,000 votes. now raffensperger faces a primary challenge from a trump-backed candidate. so, too, does georgia governor brian kemp. both of the trump-backed candidates, guess what? they re proponents of the big lie. all the repetition of the big lie from trump, maga media, elected republicans has only gone onto solidify the misbelief
so, too, does georgia governor brian kemp. both of the trump-backed candidates, guess what? they are proponents of the big lie. that s just in one state. stuff like this is happening in swing states all over the country, and all the repetition of the big lie from trump, maga media, elected republicans has only gone on to solidify the miss bebelieve among trump s base and majority of republicans that this election was stolen. we have said this before. according to polling from the prri, 68% of republicans, mostly or completely agree that the election was stolen. 68%. that same poll also finding that among the group of people 39% believe, quote, true american patriots might have to resort to violence in order to save our country. so, yes, trump s coup failed in 2020. i mean, how could it not when