The "election denier trifecta." That's what The Guardian calls 3 Republican Secretary of State nominees in Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan. If any of them win, "at least one prominent purveyor of Trump’s falsehoods would play crucial roles overseeing election procedures for a state that could be pivotal in determining the outcome of the next presidential contest."
This is exactly what Liz Cheney has been warning of, recently saying "We cannot give people power who have told us they will not honor elections… It’s important for the nation and for the future functioning of our constitutional republic."
John, for over a year PCCC members like you have been donating to Democratic, pro-democracy Secretary of State campaigns in key battleground states to protect the offices that will oversee the 2024 election. Now, these campaigns are fanning out across their states to Get Out The Vote before the election ends on Tuesday.
Liz Cheney and The Guardian are not alone. Barack Obama is so concerned he has been campaigning for Secretary of State candidates facing extremist election-deniers in key 2024 battleground states.
President Biden said "MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution... And they’re working right now in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself."
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the other Republican on the January 6 Committee besides Liz Cheney, is endorsing Democratic candidates for Secretary of State as "xxxxxxs to defend against a real constitutional crisis in 2024." Kinzinger adds that, "a badly placed, bad-faith Secretary of State can really throw the whole country into chaos."
Dan Rather writes: "The truth is that electing governors and Secretaries of State who wish to undermine free and fair elections could very well end democracy as we know it."
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace echoed the point: "The survival of our republic as we know it hangs in the balance… Republican wins would make this November 8th a point of no return."
Secretary of State races typically don't get tons of national scrutiny, but election-denying candidates in several battleground states are ahead in the latest polls. In 2022, Democrats cannot afford to ignore the races that will determine who conducts and oversees the 2024 election.
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