Al Franken said "He’s kind of right. If everybody had a right to vote gets to vote, they would probably lose. That’s why, you know, all these states have been passing these laws to try to suppress votes. And then the most alarming thing, of course, is these laws to get the state legislatures or state officials elected state officials, partisan state officials to be able to overturn the election. That is an existential threat to our democracy. There’s no question about that." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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He’s kind of right. If everybody had a right to vote gets to vote, they would probably lose. That’s why, you know, all these states have been passing these laws to try to suppress votes. And then the most alarming thing, of course, is these laws to get the state legislatures or state officials elected state officials, partisan state officials to be able to overturn the election. That is an existential threat to our democracy. There’s no question about that.

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Al Franken

Democratic · Minnesota

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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Franken discusses the implications of voter suppression laws and their threat to democracy.

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