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People and in our democracy and what we can do to fight against these laws. >> so what kind of actions, jen k. we see the president call for on tuesday in philly? is he addressing the issue of election subversion? interfering in vote counting and election certification? >> he thinks thats one of the big issues. if can you overturn or the outcome of an election that, is something that people across the country should be aware of. we have to make sure that were growing grassroots countries to figh...

Nicolle, is this is the first big messaging effort. it doesnt preclude them from doing more speeches like this potentially in prime time. but the effort today im told is mostly about diagnosing the problem, clarifying for the problem who is doing this. this is a partisan attempt. its paced on this false pretext of the big lie. its happening state by state. it was also not just the president talking about voter suppression but the words you heard were election subversion. the president was explai...

One perhaps shamefully underdiscussed in our politics and media so far is the threat of election subversion. to quote an election expert, its trying to manipulate the rules for who counts the votes in a way that could allow for a partisan official to declare the loser as a winner. in a new essay for the atlantic which i urge you to read, political scientists authors of the acclaimed and rather relevant book how democracies die, issued this stark, blunt, hair raising warning --

Its election subversion. its the most dangerous threat to voting in the integrity of free and fair elections in our history. never before decided who gets to count, count what votes count. some want to make it harder to vote. if you vote, they want to tell you your vote doesnt count for any reason they make up. they want the ability to reject the final count and ignore the will of the people if their preferred candidate lose sz. a simple target, who did not vote for them. thats the target. its u...

Is a huge problem. we documented on the show. week in and week out. and, yes, the myriad and grotesque ways in which local republicans are perfecting the art of voter suppression. but the biggest threat of all, shamefully underdiscussed in our politics and needa so far is the threat of election subversion. to quote election expert, its trained to manipulate the rules for who counts the votes in a way that could allow for a official to declare the loser as the winner. in a new essay for the atlan...

Such high standards. the big lie is just that, a big lie. [ applause ] >> the president repeatedly focused on what he called election subversion. the most dangerous threat to the integrity of our elections in our history. >> its no longer just about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. its about who gets to count the vote. who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all. its about moving from independent election administrators who work for the people to po...