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Its not something that should be swept under the rug, but quickly i do want to ask you while i do have you other what do you make of this tight race for governor in virginia and how the candidates respective links to the leaders and youve thrown your support behind mcauliffe. >> i think its kind of a wishful thinking that youngkin wont be like trump and you have to draw the line at people who wont call out the election subversion. its not about the past but its about the future. >> we didnt even...

Rules need to change. we need to clean the rolls up like in los angeles there is more than 1.2 million people on the rolls. thats more than who are old enough to actually register to vote. >> are we going to follow what the constitution says or not? i hope we get back to what the constitution says. but clearly, in a number of states they didnt follow those legislative rules. >> so you think the election was stolen? >> what i said is there are states that didnt follow their legislatively set rule...

Take a listen. >> they say im being aggressive, but you have to be aggressive to weed out this horrible election corruption. you have to be aggressive. in truth, theyre not after me. theyre after you. i just happen to be in the way. thats whats really happened. >> once again we just have to underline the president is lying. former president is lying. there was no evidence of widespread fraud that would have changed the election result and the only person who sought to disenfranchise legal voters...

Poison our small d democratic process or try to use these new tools theyve built to overturn it. this is a moment where we cannot underestimate the degree to which we are living in an era where theres a political party in this country that is no longer dedicated to the republic and the constitution and the rule of law and thats the republican party. >> the people that are asleep at the wheel keep saying dont relitigate the past but professor hasan, in your new paper, you wrote the most likely wa...

To your point, not only questioning democracy, it is setting up a playbook for use in 2022, 2024 and that could have far more damaging impact. >> right. and this is why the hand recounts to the extent they have been done, they dont need to be done everywhere, but should offer something called the truth, which is being called into question. there is such a thing as facts. there is such a thing as truth. but it is an effort to decrease peoples faith in democracy. and what is being set up for 22 an...

To see in someone who is going to be vying for the 2024 gop nomination. >> zelina, this may all be in the past, trump may just be a private citizen now. but at the end of the day, he is still the leader of the republican party and he could very much be the republican nominee for president in 2024. so what is your gut reaction to that in light of this book? >> well, i think it tells you the state of the republican party in this particular moment. this is a crisis for our democracy. its not really...

America said the group had made recommendations to several states which ended up in election related bills. >> from there, as we create this ecochamber, were working with state legislatures to make sure they have all the legislation they need to draft the bills. we have a sentinel in our behalf give them the model legislation so it has that grass roots from the bottom up type of vibe. >> donald trumps big lie and his partys willingness to go along with the facade is now the threat to free and fa...

Them or have a sential on our behalf and give them the model legislation so it has the grass roots from the bottom up type of vibe. >> reporter: donald trumps big lie and his partys willingness to go along with the facade is now the biggest threat to free and fair elections we face. >> it used to be unthinkable to contemplate election subversion in the united states. its become think nlable but something we need to spend the next few years guarding against 6 its dangerous. >> reporter: its dange...

>> it used to be unthinkable to contemplate election subversion in the united states. its now not only become thinkable but become something that we need to spend the next few years guarding against. it is the greatest danger facing american democracy today. >> its dangerous, don, because its destabilizing, according to all the elections officials and experts we talked to. a democracy depends on the losers agreeing that the election was conducted in a fair way. and agreeing to fight another day....

Effort, thats because it is. >> we have honed in on these eight specific focused states. >> a former trump administration official who now heads up the conservative heritage action for america said the group had made recommendations to several states, which ended up in election related bills. >> from there as we create the echo chamber, were working with state legislators to make sure they have the information they need to draft the bills or we have a sentinel on our bhehalf. give them the model...