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Gerrymandering. this doesn't seem fair. it went viral, her postings on facebook, and she and these other young people formed a group called voters, not politicians. they got almost half a million signatures, got it on the ballot. once the people of michigan had a chance to decide whether to outlaw gerrymandering and voter suppression, that's exactly what they did -- 61% voted to get rid of gerrymandering and a citizen's commission, nonpartisan, drew the map we had this election in. in this election, not only did we take over the house, the senate, the governor, the attorney general, the secret...

Transparent and make them aware as soon as they come forward and fully complying with the doj. i think it would be smart to kind of separate this, perhaps have a separate -- they have separate counsel but also have a separate spokesperson to defer these questions. this is not something they should be talking about at the white house podium and have somebody who is really credible seen as nonpartisan, that's answering questions on this. i hate to throw someone under the bus but somebody like an admiral kirby could answer questions in the public interest without bringing partisan politics into i...

Terrible short term political implications because we're here talking about it night after night. >> yeah, alyssa, if you are in the white house communications, how would you handle it? >> listen, it was not handle this past week or so. first and foremost, on expectations, i think it would be wise for the white house to say that there may be additional documents found, but our commitment is that we will be transparent and the american public aware as soon as those come forward. we're fully compliant with the doj. i also think it be very smart to kind of separate this, perhaps have a separate--...

Chairman jordan so it creates a bit of synergy when they investigate. >> i understand, a lot has been made of what the president knew and when he knew playing the whole watergate line, not necessary here, but we do know that's the white house, i don't know whether it went up to the president was aware of the documents back in early november, and might have sat on them, so as not to be an issue in the midterms, that's a cynical view of that, what do you think of that? >> well, that's also problematic, neil, so much that the department of justice is supposed to be a political and nonpartisan, an...

One talks to the eligibility of who can vote in a certain set of elections. it takes experienced election administrators like myself, folks have actually done the job, in order to easily explain those differences, driving the conversation into common sense, into what it is, and what it is that might be part of the process. this kind of nonpartisan, levelheaded approaches what arizonans want. i've heard it the whole time i was out on the campaign trail, leading up to this past november election, that's why we got so many common sense business people. just basic arizona, middle of the road folks...