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Abdicate, when you abandon the truth, how do you turn back from that? how do you stand up and fight for people who are not standing up -- >> a usb port, some nefarious, complete made-up lie that you weaponize with no consequences, no care for whats about to happen because of it. >> so heres a quote. be glad its 2020 and not 1920, thats what shaye moss was told while being threatened. were going to dig into the ugly racism rearing up in these attacks. thats next.

Her safety, also. >> reporter: former georgia election official wanda moss testifying about the threats she, her mother, and her son received because of donald trumps persistent lies. >> be glad its 2020 and not 1920. i just felt like it was my fault. for putting my family in this situation. >> reporter: her mother saying her life was in danger. >> the fbi informed me that i needed to leave my home for safety. i felt homeless. i felt, you know, i cant believe -- i cant believe this person has ca...

Shaye moss and her mother ruby freeman say their lives were just turned upside down after the former president and rudy giuliani targeted them. trump mentioned moss by name, 18 times, on his now infamous phone call to brad raffensperger. he called her, quote, a professional vote scammer and hustler. she says the election lies spawned racist and hateful threats. >> a lot of threats, wishing death upon me, telling me that, you know, ill be in jail with my mother, and saying things like be glad its...

>> were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful. >> her testimony recalled a different hearing on capitol hill. with a different woman with >> what im talking right now about annie lee moss. dragged before joe mccarthys committee in march 1954. we sold the notion that there was a spy in the code room of the pentagon. any lee moss was not a soviet spy anymore than shea moss was

Not quite sure how to work the microphone. nervous on being in front of the camera and sharing her story. it was real. did you hear what she said? she felt like it was her fault. and all she was doing was being a patriotic american. >> ive always been told how important it is to vote. and how the older people before me did not have that right. >> she talks about being an only child and the only grandchild. she said she loved her job until it was taken away from her by a few people who decided th...

Emboldens them if we get away with putting graffiti on ae persons office or burning down, whats the next thing? the second message is i hesitate to say this , tucker , but i dont think were were a society that is ruled by law. were in a revolutionary period right now, something like 18 century france or 1920s russia where the law is fluid and its whatever the power to be says it is. sois if youre just to takee some examples, if youre james okeefe o or your peter navarro or youre roger stone, you...

There is the same type of belief in democracy that we see. it has to become true among the elect threat or this will be a consistent political problem. was penalizing voters and not just abstract americans but those really have an impact. >> there is one party to has abandoned the truth. abdicating the truth in reality. saying theyve gone too far left. will weve dealt with that. but when you abdicate and abandon the truth how do you turn back from that? how do you stand up and fight for those th...

Death upon me, telling me that ill be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad its 2020 and not 1920. >> were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful. >> how has this experience of being targeted by the former president and his allies affected your life? >> its turned my life upside down. i no longer give out my business card. i dont transfer calls. i dont want anyone knowing my name. i dont want to go ...

Attacking his facebook. i dont really use facebook. i have one. so i went to the facebook app, and im just kind of panicky at this point because this has never happened to me. and my mom is involved. im like her only child. so im just asking him where are the messages? all i see is the feeds. how do you get to the messages? he says its another icon on your phone that says messenger. i went to that icon and it was just a lot of horrible things there. >> and those horrible things did they include ...

And i dont really use facebook. i have one. so i went to the facebook app and im just kind of panicky at this point because this has never happened to me and my mom is involved. im like her only child. so im asking like where are the messages all i see is the feeds and how do i get to the messages. and he said there is another icon on your phone that says messenger. and i went to that icon and it was just ale lot of horrible things there. >> and did those horrible things include threats? >> yes,...