Well, they were asked that question in court today. What was the purpose of needing that data? And not only did they not articulate a purpose in court, they made clear that they don’t feel as though they need a purpose.

Their ultimate goal here is to undermine faith in our democracy. Undermine our voting systems. Remove people from the conversation that we need to have about important issues like education and climate and job creation in this country.

We have a constitutional and statutory right to privacy here in Pennsylvania just because a group of Republican state senators want to suck up to the former president, then give him a right to go around the law in the commonwealth and…

I`m very proud of the fact, through our efforts, we were able to take away Rudy Giuliani`s ability to practice law and that we`re continuing to work to sanction the other lawyers.

But your broader point is spot on, and that is all of these things together. First, the lies, then the litigation.

When I`m governor, I`ll appoint a secretary of state that follows the law, that upholds the integrity of our election and that has us prepared for the presidential election and others in 2024. I also won`t hesitate to use my veto pen to…

Absolutely. And, look, it bears repeating. We had a free and fair, safe and secure election here in Pennsylvania. There were a handful of incidents of voter fraud.

They are willing to trade our democracy, to trade the Oath of Office that they're required to take to try and achieve some sort of short term political gain.

Sure, the State Senate Republicans apparently at the behest of the former President launched an effort to try and audit the vote here in Pennsylvania. I use air quotes, of course when I say "audit" because it's not a real audit.

In fact, we've had two legally required audits that showed that we had a free and fair, safe and secure election that Joe Biden won here in Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes.

What is at stake in this election is the very foundation of our democracy, our voting rights.

democracy is on the ballot. And it is the central issue in my campaign. Everything else is built on the foundation of people counting in our system and having their voice heard in our system.

They`re trying to write certain people out of our democracy.

Pennsylvania's fundamental rights are under attack. These senators are using their position of power to demand voters' personal information, all so that they may continue to lie about our elections. It is time for public officials to move…

I will not hesitate to use my veto pen to protect the good people of Pennsylvania and protect the progress that we have made over the years.

I think what`s clear is that they continue to perpetuate the big lie. I think what`s clear is that in doing so they`ve not only been lying to their constituents but now they`re putting nine million Pennsylvanians at risk of having their…

The chairman of the committee who we sued for his conduct here made clear that that is their intention, to take the private personal information, Social Security numbers, driver`s license numbers and the like and take all of that…

Look, this is who the modern day Republican Party is, and these politicians who issued and backed these subpoenas, including the leader of the state Senate, they have sold out Pennsylvanians who value small government who value their…

Because the Republican leader is trying to orchestrate this sham. Indeed, he bragged about the fact that he checked with Donald Trump before instructing this chairman to go forward with this effort.

And second, to make sure that their votes didn't count. We beat them every single time. And we'll do it again.

It's a sham. It's a charade. And it's something that I am going to stop, here in Pennsylvania.

We had a safe and secure, free and fair election.

We will fight it. We will take all necessary legal steps to protect the privacy of Pennsylvanians.

And they are making people feel as though they will not be counted in our democracy. I'm fighting back against that.

They're things that end up being a cancer in our democracy. They're things that don't allow us to agree on then basic sets of facts and data and science that we need, for example, to beat this pandemic.