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Republican counties for the audit while dallas and harris counties vote democratic, republicans have been losing ground in tarrant and collin countys. in 2020, trump lost fter ter ret county by half a percentage point and plummeted from 17 points in 2016 to four points in 2020. >> this could be a good thing for them or it could blow up in their face. >> reporter: gary is a long-time county commissioner in terrent county and republican. he has no reason to believe there are any issues with the vo...

>> reporter: he won the state by nine points four years earlier so now the former president is focused on pushing the lie that the vote in texas was marched by fraud. >> they say im being aggressive, but you have to be aggressive to weed out this horrible election corruption. >> reporter: in september, trump sent texas governor greg abbott a letter calling for the state to conduct a full forensic audit of the election with zero evidence trump writes texans know voter fraud occurred. it didnt tak...

You like someone. they feel that they are him and he is them. and its not the case. they ran out on his behest and others on january 6th, almost took down the capitol, our leadership, the nations leadership. imagine what they will do the next time at his behest. there is a difference in america, americas foundation has been shaken and its scary. even if joe biden -- you have states now talking about we still need to go certify and audit. its over. >> the arizona audit confirmed that biden won th...

Over time, ive come to add a fourth: be curious. be curious about the world around us, and then go. go with an open heart, and you will find inspiration anew. viking. exploring the world in comfort. former president trump announcing a new rally in michigan to push the audit in the state. whatever. the election was almost a year ago and recount after recount has shown that over and over

Michigan, texas. is this about amplifying a big lie? does this keep amplifying the big lie when they continue to show that biden won the election? >> yeah, i think -- i agree with the judge from texas you had on earlier. that was a great conversation. its out of a playbook and started in arizona but now its going everywhere. the point is they want to undermine peoples confidence to justify the voter suppression bill they are trying to put through and have in many, many swing states across the bo...

I should note now that the guy who is the head cyber ninja, the qanon promoter who is the ceo of the cyber ninjas company that carried out this audit, he was also asked to testify at this hearing this week. he refused to testify. instead of testifying to congress, he spent that time he was supposed to be in congress instead doing a conspiracy theory podcast hosted by the guy who started the conspiracy theory that dominion voting machines were a secret antifa plot. thats what he spent his time do...

Acuity and documentation and accuracy. >> the gentlemans time -- >> theres troubling problems here and hopefully ill be able to get some time yielded to me so i can explain even more. >> oh, yes, sir, hopefully youll get much more time so you can explain even more. its going great. were all right there with you. just following right along. tell us more about the amalgamator crayola certification with the what about me. thats the state of the argument. thats also a sitting congressman. arizona re...

That the president trump won by 600,000 votes and arent you contributing to the undermining confidence in the election process? >> why dont we audit everything in the world but people raise their hands in concern when we audit elections, which is fund mental to the democracy. >> reporter: earlier the election administrator told a committee there were no problems with the election. >> despite all the circumstances, texas had an election that was smooth and secure. >> president trump said jump, th...

In the state of texas, a six-week abortion ban is back. the judge put a temporary hold on the order to block that ban. that could end up before the supreme court. last month, the court rejected the request to block that texas law. it could still be challenged. the law itself prevents most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. the governor of texas is pushing the big lie about the 2020 presidential election. republican greg abbott is pushing ahead with an audit even though donald trump won by m...

The cyber ninjas, the private group to run the illegitimate audit were never trying to get concrete facts. the goal was to stir up unfounded doubt. the vice chairman of the maricopa county to stir up the election results was the biggest threat in the democracy in his lifetime. now the question is can lawmakers stop the moving train that is the lie from stopping other states to hold fake doubt sowing audits? joining me now is grant ward, the former attorney general from the state of arizona and w...