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Electors appointed would therefore be 228. theyre at this point 232 votes for trump, 222 votes for biden, pence then gravels president trump as the reelected trump as vice president of the united states. vice president pence did not go along with this plan outline in east mans memo but still at play here. now do you understand why they wanted these audits or should i say fraudits after fraudits? the baseless disputes over arizonas results were key to the strategy they spelled out. on friday, cyb...

Undercut democracy and the role that individuals have in this, winning an election does not solve that problem. weve seen the end of this stupid, fake audit in arizona. were going to see something like it in arizona or wisconsin. when it comes to the movements we have watched over the last five years, the likes of which we have not seen since the civil rights movement, how do you continue to compel people to understand that this fight isnt over, and this fight isnt over if it doesnt affect you? ...

Behold, there is an election audit thats announced but only for the four biggest counties in the state. what makes it dangerous is not only that a sizeable percentage of republicans, one of our major parties, believes in it. but also, that thats translating into official action in states like texas. and so, it represents a real threat to our democracy. >> secretary, i do want to ask you. i mean, do you have a sense of why it is that they want to recount in those four counties? >> you know, i thi...

>> that of course is not true, election experts across the country scrutinized every aspect of the audit. it appears that his big lie isnt running out of steam, at least not any time soon, with more partisan audits under way in several other states, you see them there, lets bring in our panel here. welcome to both of you. great to see you both. joe, what do you make of trump, right there, continue to rev this doubt in american elections? >> heres what i think, i think america needs to wake up to...

Willing to stand up to president trump as much. as this audit spreads to other states like pennsylvania and texas and wisconsin, its time to see whether elected leaders in those states, elected leaders in washington push back because this as you pointed out, this really is risking faith in such a pillar of our democracy, its really dangerous. >> the question you try to tell voters, the election is rigged. come vote for us. it didnt work in georgia. they lost two senate races and the democrats ar...

The arizona sham audit may have failed in its mission to overturn election results in favor of republicans in arizona. but it is catching on. were now seeing versions of 2020 election reviews in wisconsin and texas, states trump actually one, by the way. they voted to subpoena the personal information of some seven million voters for an arizona style audit. the states attorney general filed a lawsuit to block that subpoena. the demise of democracy stems from the big lie about voter fraud in the ...

Audit to the rest of the counties in the state. and this whole thing, i mean i appreciate that youre not taking it seriously. nobody should take the leaders who are continuing to insist on these kinds of audits seriously either. >> yeah, and this gets to the more sinister part of this. you could write this off as a big joke, but do you think that in a way, trump has succeeded, that his minions have succeeded in a way because by casting doubt on the arizona election process and, you know, sparkin...

That youve got someone like donald trump with a whole suite of cognitive issues as well as a determination to go, to transgress every single rule in the world to hold power. i think we owe general milley a vote of thanks on this. courage is the chief virtue in my world, but ive seen all my former republican friends transform themselves into people who will not say the truth to donald trump. they will not say, sir, you lost. sir, this election didnt happen. you were not the winner. you are not st...

Worse. >> joe, quickly, before we go, hes there on stage for 90 minutes and putting out those numbers from arizona, those numbers showed he actually lost the audit in arizona. why, whats the point of that? >> well, because the people hes speaking to, kendis, they dont believe he actually lost the state of arizona, they believe he won arizona, they want that election decertify, thats where the republican base is, thats whats so scary. >> really appreciate you guys being here. thank you guys. ba...