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in the presidential election. he said basically there were a bunch of ballots at that post office that had been sent in too late. they had been mailed in after election day was over, but his supervisor, he said, he heard talking about plans to doctor those ballots, to change the date, change i guess the postmarks on all of those ballots to make it look like they were sent in time, even though they weren t. da da da! very dramatic claim that would be a very illegal thing to do, right? so what did this letter carrier do with this information after he says he overheard this very damning, very concerning conversation that involved his supervisor? well, he went the a right wing activist group, and they drew up an affidavit, a statement that he then signed swearing that what i just described is what he witnessed. signed his name to the bottom of it, and then this right wing activist group publicly released this sworn affidavit as evidence of massive voter fraud. this is like ....
they had been mailed in after election day was over, but his supervisor, he said, he heard talking about plans to doctor those ballots, to change the date, change, i guess, the postmarks on all of those ballots to make it look like they were sent in, in time, even though they weren t. dun, dun, da! that is a dramatic claim. that would be an illegal thing to do, right? so, what did this letter carrier do with this information after he says he overheard this very damning, very concerning conversation that involved his supervisor? well, he went to a right-wing activist group, and they drew up an affidavit, a statement that he then signed, swearing that what i just described is what he witnessed, signed his name to the bottom of it, and then this right-wing activist group publicly released this sworn affidavit as evidence of massive voter fraud. this is, like, the sworn affidavit thing, this is one of the weird things you kept hearing about from trump supporters and the tru ....
I appreciate this but she s i appreciate that. senator. you have a phone and email. i do. it s a great email account. senator, do you have any they monitor it all the time. garrett, you haven t reached our office. senator, do the people who have been protesting you have any effect on the way you re looking at this issue? all right. thank you senator. thanks garrett. thank you. that was garrett haake trying to get senator sinema to recognize the concept of accountability, leading our conversation is former deputy chief of staff and the author of kill switch the rise of the modern senate and the crippling of american democracy. michelle goldberg is with us. staff writer for the new yorker and professor of journalism at ....
A voter suppression environment. those are the stakes. congressman mondaire jones laying out quite clearly there. nice to have you on the program, sir. come on back. thank you. adam gent llson, you may remember, he was a deputy chief of staff for senate democratic chairman harry reid when reid first weakened the filibuster in 2013. he s the author of the kill switch, the rise of the modern senate, the crippling of american democracy. and he joins me now. i thought you d be a good person to talk to since you were sort of in the room the last time democrats did this, right? it s been it was changed in 2013. mcconnell killed off the supreme court justice carve-out in 2017 to get gorsuch confirmed. what kind of work had to be done just from a tactical question here? joe biden can t wave a magic wand. like how did it have to get there in 2013? what lessons are there for this moment? yeah, that s right. ....
Recognize that the path towards an undemocratic america is not gonna happen in just one day. it happens in a series of steps. joining us now adam gentleman former deputy chief of staff for senator harry reid. he s the author of the book kill switch, the rise of the modern senate and the crippling of american democracy. also with, us pulitzer prize -winning column is for the washington post. he s a political analyst. eugene robinson is one of the few people who understand joe manchin s situation or he claims to. jim you wrote, i understand the reality of mentions situation. he is a political unicorn. donald trump won his state by 39 points. joe manchin is the only democrat standing in the state of west virginia and that basically explains where we are with joe manchin tonight, does ....