MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said the “most important” story in the entire world right now is a push by Republicans to conduct audits of the 2020 election around the country, making the case for why the Biden administration should get involved.
The liberal political commentator, who, along with election officials, has heavily criticized the GOP-led Arizona Senate audit in Maricopa County and raised the alarm about similar efforts looking for potential fraud and irregularities in places such as Michigan, told her audience on Wednesday the question now is whether a “nationwide solution is required to stop this mess.”
Maddow referred to Kristen Clarke, who this week was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, as someone who could get involved as she argued that state election officials “playing whack-a-mole” can’t stop efforts by allies of former President Donald Trump questioning the integrity of the 2020 election.
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“One of the things they could get involved in at the federal level to try to set a national expectation, a national standard here, to draw bright lines about what can’t be done, is around these slap-dash, privately run, bonkers, corrupting third-party audits of the last election,” she said.
The Justice Department did express concerns about the developments in Maricopa County earlier this month, warning the audit and recount, being led by contractors hired by the Arizona Senate, might run afoul of federal law. And on the state level, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, told officials in Maricopa County, who have been critical of the Senate-commissioned 2020 election audit, she would consider decertifying election equipment subpoenaed if the county moves to reuse the equipment in future elections.
But without a national response, Maddow said, “I’m telling you this thing is a runaway train.”
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