that. this is just it s just kind of a baseline idea of how you run a democracy, is that you can fairly count the votes. and if that s what we re struggling with, we ve got problems even bigger than the problems of voter suppression that i ve been talking about for many years. so we were highlighting the embracers of the big lie who are running for state and local election positions. what do you believe happens if they do end up overseeing or being able to influence elections in 2022 and 2024? well, i mean, the worst case scenario is that they actually try to manipulate election results. but even if they don t, even if people are watching over their shoulders or they re trying to do the right thing, are people going to believe what they say? so if jody hice becomes the secretary of state of georgia, and he has claimed falsely that the last election was stolen. suppose trump runs again and he wins, he beats biden by a little bit according to what jody hice says. why would democrat
resolved. in this lawful means. peacefully. without violence. without attacks. without bullets. and so mr. president, let me just say now briefly, in lieu of speaking about it later, a word about pennsylvania. objecting still to the outcome of a fair and secure election even after the attack. later when given the chance to join his colleagues in honoring the service of the capitol police and the d.c. police, hard pass from josh hawley, who takes issue with calling the people who stormed the capitol violent insurrectionists. instead, he dined out at cpac on his role undermining the election. on january the 6th i objected during the electoral college certification. maybe you heard about it. [ cheers and applause ] i did. sounds like a tinder profile, doesn t it? enjoys short walks outside the capitol, making money off attacks on democracy, looking for a partner who also likes to
what do you believe happens if they do end up overseeing or being able to influence elections in 2022 and 2024? well, i mean, the worst case scenario is that they actually try to manipulate election results. but even if they don t, even if people are watching over their shoulders or they re trying to do the right thing, are people going to believe what they say? so if jody hice becomes the secretary of state of georgia, and he has claimed falsely that the last election was stolen. suppose trump runs again and he wins, he beats biden by a little bit according to what jody hice says. why would democrats believe him? so all of the people who now are on the republican side who doubt election results will be joined by democrats. so it will be a further cycling down in terms of people accepting the legitimacy of our democracy, which is yet another bedrock thing you need in a democracy, is losers consent. the losers agree the election was fairly run. but we ve lost and we ll have to run aga
sounds like a tinder profile, doesn t it? enjoys short walks outside the capitol, making money off attacks on democracy, looking for a partner who also likes to rewrite history. i never said that the goal was to overturn the election. that was never the point. and it was never possible. i was very clear from the beginning that i was never attempting to overturn the objection the election. okay. the problem for hawley, it s all on tape. let s play one of hawley s greatest hits again. i just want to pin you down on what you re trying to do. are you trying to say that as of january 20th that president trump will be president? well, that depends on what happens on wednesday. as hawley did this week, he likes to say democrats did the exact same thing that he did, objecting to election results. it happened in 2000. it happened in 2004. it happened in 2016. now it s going to be 2022. let s head back in time, shall we? in 2017 several house democrats
so all of the people who now are on the republican side who doubt election results will be joined by democrats. so it will be a further cycling down in terms of people accepting the legitimacy of our democracy, which is yet another bedrock thing you need in a democracy, is losers consent. the losers agree the election was fairly run. but we ve lost and we ll have to run again next time in fair conditions. we ve already seen with 2020 how damaging the perception of an election being unfair or inaccurate is. so let s talk solutions. how do you fix this? well, you know, the democrats tried to get through a very large bill in the last few months. that has not succeeded. but there are at least four republican senators who said that they re willing to talk about making some changes to an arcane 1887 law called the electoral count act. it s basically the rules of the road for congress as they figure out whose electoral college votes should be counted. so there are at least four republican