continue to be there for them. we could all come together across party lines to simply stand up for everyone s rights and freedom and for their voice to be heard and for their ashlt to choose who governors them and makes decisions that affects them. and that is what democracy is about and that is what i could hope we could come across party lines to defend this year. in a couple of weeks you ll be awarded the jfk profile on a courage award on a list that included volodymyr zelenskyy and liz cheney to defend the results of the 2020 election which you had to do again and again. recounts of the vote, recertification, defending this in court. what has that fight been like for you and are you confident that the vote is secure even this fall in 2022? well, yes, i am. i think the first thing to know is that we have a successful election in michigan in 2020. more people voted than ever before. it was safe and secure.