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The man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening two Arizona officials because of 2020 election results.

County, to breach her system. so let that sink in. kirsten, who is allegedly involved with the georgia breach, around the insurrection leading up to it, months later is in colorado messing with our election systems. so, the big takeaway for me is that states need to rapidly prepare themselves for an ongoing onslaught on american democracy. and theres several things that weve done in colorado that i encourage states to adopt immediately. >> yeah, that would be a pretty serious allegation if in fa...

Leaders trying to interfere with how they do their jobs. what goes through your mind when youth see these numbers? >> we will, you know, ive been living this reality. its not just the election workers, the poll workers on the ground. its also the secretaries of state who have been standing up against these attempts to steal elections for the american people. and i think something really stood out from your last panel. it was what the former representative from georgia said. that shes used to rec...

That states need to rapidly prepare themselves for an ongoing onslaught on american democracy. and theres several things that weve done in colorado that i encourage states to adopt immediately. >> yeah, that would be a pretty serious allegation if in fact it is true and verified. and we know election workers, madam secretary, they are vulnerable. there was this 2023 brennan center for justice poll, when nearly one in three local election officials had been abused, harassed, or even threatened. a...

Weve done in colorado that i encourage states to adopt immediately. >> yeah, that would be a pretty serious allegation if in fact it is true and verified. and we know election workers, madam secretary, they are vulnerable. there was this 2023 brennan center for justice poll, when nearly one in three local election officials had been abused, harassed, or even threatened. and youve got to look at just how, going to future elections, how tense this country is. more than half of poll workers are con...

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Predicate act. there are a number of predicate acts, and all she has to do is prove to. but you have real life humans who were affected by the actions of donald trump. you have ruby freeman, for example. you have other poll workers who were just persecuted, who were oppressed, who were targeted, who were just put upon. all of these things. you have voting machines that individuals went inside. of so i dont want viewers or individuals to get caught up in the words, in the grandiose, in the lexico...

That are alleged here, they have had a real life impact. i want to remind our viewers of the impact on former poll workers ruby freeman. remember, this is her testimony before the january six committee. >> ive lost my name, and ive lost my reputation. ive lost my sense of security. all because a group of people, starting with number 45, and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me and my daughter. to push their own lives about how the presidential election was stolen. >> as you know, one...

Loud and clear that you will not stand for this in the state of georgia. that if you try to intimidate election officials. if you try to intimidate people who are working the polls that there will be a price to pay. >> before trump ordered the steps to the calamities on now. what he said to reporters which we did not air live. but what he said was he still claiming. he had every right to challenge the election. but it obviously went so much further than. that it wasnt just as the attorney genera...

Bible was the 32nd psalm. threat not thai thyself because they shall soon be cut down. god didnt give a date. david didnt give a date. he said soon. and yesterday, as i watched him ride through the black areas of atlanta to be booked and fingerprinted and mugshotted, i know soon caught up with donald trump. >> amen, its not sunday but you get an amen for that. >> melissa, to stay in the same vein, there are two genuine heroes in this story of what happened in georgia. their names are ruby freema...