Until again, there’s real accountability at the ballot box for Republican leaders who have continued to spread these lies, we’re going to see these efforts to continue, to undermine people’s faith in the process.
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U.S. State Secretaries of State
Quotes from current and former U.S. state secretaries of state.
Current secretaries of state
ALWes AllenAlabama5 Quotes
KYMichael AdamsKentucky22 Quotes
NVCisco AguilarNevada11 Quotes
RIGregg AmoreRhode Island6 Quotes
DCKimberly BassettDistrict of Columbia
MEShenna BellowsMaine41 Quotes
MIJocelyn BensonMichigan153 Quotes
FLCord ByrdFlorida598 Quotes
NJDale CaldwellNew Jersey1 Quote
VTSarah Copeland-HanzasVermont
NEBob EvnenNebraska3 Quotes
AZAdrian FontesArizona49 Quotes
MABill GalvinMassachusetts2 Quotes
ILAlexi GiannouliasIllinois15 Quotes
WISarah GodlewskiWisconsin1 Quote
WYChuck GrayWyoming5 Quotes
COJena GriswoldColorado115 Quotes
TNTre HargettTennessee
NDMichael HoweNorth Dakota6 Quotes
VACandi KingVirginia2 Quotes
OHFrank LaRoseOhio18 Quotes
NCElaine MarshallNorth Carolina
INDiego MoralesIndiana11 Quotes
NYWalter MosleyNew York2 Quotes
TXJane NelsonTexas
NMMaggie Toulouse OliverNew Mexico33 Quotes
IAPaul PateIowa8 Quotes
DECharuni Patibanda-SanchezDelaware1 Quote
GABrad RaffenspergerGeorgia74 Quotes
ORTobias ReadOregon15 Quotes
NHDavid ScanlanNew Hampshire2 Quotes
PAAl SchmidtPennsylvania45 Quotes
KSScott SchwabKansas16 Quotes
MNSteve SimonMinnesota28 Quotes
Former secretaries of state
We`re talking about fundamental rights that are being trampled upon. In many states, and this is not a Democrat or Republican issue, it was literally as an American issue. This issue of free and fair elections are one of the most important…
Please, pray. We plan for the death of you and your family every day.
Well, obviously that's why I've said from day one that we have to be really mindful of our speech, because we can't split people up and play people with -- and get them into emotional frenzy emotional state. Deal with the facts.
Has the president or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone, yes or no, please, sir?
I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border. Do not come. Do not come.
The legislation is critically important. And we have been as an administration, the President has been unambiguous. That S1 the -- For the People Act is to be passed.
If you`re from California, you know, I`ve spent a lot of time on the border in both going there physically and aware of the issues. But the reality of it is that we need to prioritize what`s happening at the border, and we have to…
It’s shortsighted for any of us who are in the business of problem solving to suggest we’re only going to respond to the reaction as opposed to addressing the cause.
It is important that we make progress. I remain optimistic about the potential for that progress.
We need to prioritize what's happening at the border and we have to prioritize why people are going to the border.
The goal of our work is to help Guatemalans find hope at home. At the same time, I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border. Do not come. Do not come. If…
If you want to fix a problem, you have to go to where the problem exists.
I want to be very clear that the problem at the border in large part, if not entirely, stems from the problems in these countries.
The president and I feel very strongly that what happens abroad matters to the people of the United States.
It`s in the best interest not only of your neighbor, but yourself, to help them out, right? And that`s how we think about this work.
I believe that was a cruel policy to separate children from their parents, and many of them very young children.
One of America’s strengths has always been there. We can hold ourselves us out in the world, and then hopefully travel to places where we have some level of respect because we say that we are a democracy and we are true to our democratic…
What they are trying to do, these efforts to suppress or make it more difficult to vote will impact a wide variety of people, whoever they voted for in the last election.
The legislation is critically important. And we have been -- as an administration, the president has been unambiguous that S-1, the For the People Act needs to be passed, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act needs to pass.
President Joe Biden and I are proud of the fact that we will be the most pro-union administration.
Do not come. And you warned that would-be migrants would be turned away at the border.
