We must be strong enough to advocate and to protect our democracy.
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Fontes stresses the need for strength in protecting democratic values against rising authoritarianism.
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When we have conspiracy theories and lies like the ones Mr. Finchem has just shared, based in no real evidence, what we end up doing is eroding the faith that we have in each other as citizens.
They just wholly and completely abandoned their duties and threatened prosecution,” Fontes said. “If they want to apologize for threatening us and ruining perfectly good systems, that’s a good start.
I want to make this clear to the Trump Administration: you can sue me as many times as you want, but I do not take my responsibilities as Arizona’s Chief Elections Officer lightly and it will take more than political threats and unfounded…
‘I don’t trust you,’ [Fontes told the CISA officials.] ‘Your boss came out there and said: We are going to criminalize the work you do. Why should we trust you?’





