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One survey, up to a quarter of them are potentially going to retire by 2024. and so its not just about the threats to them, which is terrible enough in itself, but it means that were going to be losing people with experience, people who have integrity, whove been running our elections. who knows whos going to replace them? so we need federal law to provide greater protection for these election officials and also greater penalties for those who would threaten election officials or poll workers or...

Nessel, and her commitment to law in order. thats with the democratic party stating for here. what lessons have we learned coming out of january six. you know, indentation detroit and artist to f centers when folks were trying to coat the ballots. all those absentee ballots, it free and fair elections. we need safety, we need accountability. and somehow this is running rampant in a major political party. so we have a gubernatorial candidate, we have a state senate candidate, and we have a former...

For their lives. thats the state of that party in this country, lawrence. its a big problem. >> and as if tonight, no repudiation of these guys advocating that poll workers commit crimes, bring their guns, kill people if they feel like it at the polling places. no repudiation from donald trump, nothing from the michigan republican party. >> crickets, its been crickets. and its been a call to vigilante justice, which is unacceptable. and we know, i talk to my constituents through oakland county, ...

This conversation today when there is been multiple shootings around this country, in our schools. these things are related. we are at a crisis moment in america, this is a sickness with guns in the rhetoric it is in our political dialogue. it is anti-democratic. and i am calling it out. this man and his affiliations need to be investigated. >> so, at that same event, speaking to people who want to be republican poll workers in the next election, one of the republican candidates for governor sai...

All americans, we have a very unique electoral system. its a combination of state law and federal law, and ultimately its intended to bring voters together with poll workers and ultimately to certify a president at the federal level front of congress. and so its a multifaceted process. if americans were just acting freely and challenging within their own state elections, i believe that would be appropriate. but if there was a coordinated effort by an elite group involving two or more individuals...

>> you bet, my pleasure, thank you lawrence. >> thank you. im coming up, donald trump has endorsed a candidate in michigan who is telling people to be ready, be ready to shoot and kill voters and poll workers at the next michigan election. and the michigan republican party seems to fully support that position as does donald trump so far. manage gushing and congressman, amy stevens, who reported marjorie taylor greene to the police for her dangerous comments about guns will join us next. tools an...

Disagree with. the leader of the republican party, donald trump has endorsed mike dimmer, a michigan state candidate who says that republicans have to be prepared to shoot and kill voters and poll workers at the polls if they dont like the way that those people are behaving while an election is going on. speaking to an audience of republicans who want to be poll workers in the next election. donald trumps candidate said this. >> the second amendment isnt there for hunting rights. it is not there...

Heard him talk about. >> well look, our state attorney general, danish role, has been working on this issue. and i remember talking to her about it leading up to the 2020 election, particularly in oakland county, in michigans elected district. our gonna keep our polling locations safe. we were seeing the rising rhetoric, and now we have a gentleman whos running for a state office. he is not a first time candidate, and your spot on, lawrence. he is calling for people to take up arms. not just for...

Of state hesitate like they did in the seige. they will be ready, they will be primed to take command and to take control. its not a lot of people, but the downrange effects for all of us -- we need to wake up to and have a serious discussion about it in this country. and i hope the 6th committee will be the venue and the occasion to allow this, to have that conversation which we very badly need to have. >> steve schmidt, thank you very much for joining us once again tonight. >> you bet, my plea...

All kinds of odd hours at their jobs and took advantage of those opportunities to vote in the last cycle. then it added more freedoms and movement for partisan poll watchers which has made some voters and some poll workers nervous that there will be confrontations and intimidation at the polls this cycle. then the most critical piece in is a change to mail-in voting which has resulted in 14% of mail-in applications getting rejected and 40% of mail-in ballots getting rejected which is alarming to...