Speaker 1: And now, for a moment of clarity, you have evidence
that this is more than just an ordinary criminal investigation
by the fact that the president says that he wants
to nationalize the elections, that he believes falsely, that he
says falsely that the ballots have been falsely counted in Georgia.
Before that, Tulca Gabbard, the head of d and I,
which ordinately has no domestic law enforcement authority, is involved here.
And then there's some allegations that information is being released
from the investigation telling Fulton County officials that they're going
to be arrested. Now, all of that suggests that this
is a political operation.
Speaker 2: It is a political operation. This is all this is.
This isn't about the fact that some states have decided
to go rogue in their voting and their process of
voting and the idea that citizens can trust the ballots
in that state and the federal government, which would then
have a legitimate question about, okay, so what are you doing?
But they're the pro and commissioner. That's the rub that
you're going to run into if you're successful in becoming
the one who's in charge of and looking after the
vote in the state. Of Georgia and understanding exactly what's required.
When you have the President of the United States tell
us that we should lock down and control Republicans should
control fifteen states, all democratic states, democratically run with democratic
leadership across the state. When you have Steve Bannon saying that, oh,
we're going to just we're going to surround the polls
with ice agents, my question is what polls are you
talking about, Stevie. Are you talking about oh, I don't know,
polls in your backyard. Are you talking about poles in
black and brown communities? Are you talking about polls here
in Maryland and Prince George's county, largest black county in
the state of Maryland, you're talking about putting poles there?
Or you're talking about putting poles in Mike Johnson's district
where he has to go. Mister Johnson, Speaker Johnson, are
you ready to have ice agents at your posts? Oh?
I'm sorry, Oh my bad. Your district is majority white,
not the balls Michael Steele. Oh that's right. You won't
have that problem now, will you, sir. But you oversee
the house and can do something about it. But you
won't because you're scared you're scared of Steve Bannon, you're
scared of Donald Trump, and I've heard you over the
last few days helping to hebb of the hubb the
line through your teeth. That's the problem that you're going
to have, Commissioner, when you take control a federal government
that doesn't give a damn about your sovereignty as a state,
doesn't give a damn about your process. So how do
you What are you saying to the people that you're
hoping to let you elect you that you're going to
go and be able to protect their most precious asset,
and that is the vote.
Speaker 3: Well, listen, one of the things that you said, you know,
you talked about him going after blue states, but we're
a swing state and right now our state legislature is
controlled by Republicans and our state Elections Board is controlled
by MAGA.
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