As millions of Americans exercised their right to vote yesterday, Donald Trump and his MAGA allies were working overtime — not to make life better for families who are struggling to make ends meet, but scheming to silence the voices of countless voters across the country.
Discussing threats to voting rights and election integrity.
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Their only hope for trying to maintain any sense of power is to interfere. It’s to change the rules. It’s to rig the elections.
Still, this incident is a stark reminder of the very real dangers facing those who serve the public and who help administer our elections in the face of increasingly hostile political rhetoric — especially from Donald Trump.
Any DOJ action that could spoil an election would be one of the most serious constitutional violations imaginable.
I know how California elections work very, very well. They’re safe, they’re secure. They’re fair, they’re free, and they’re going to stay that way.
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