DOJ Election Monitoring Plans Explained

Talk about this too. Uh, the DOJ planning to send out 1,000

monitors to

the polls during the midterm elections.

Yes.

Uh, Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin has said

this about the upcoming election.

She says, "Our democracy demands, or depends on Americans being able to show

up

at the ballot box and have their voices heard.

But that's all at risk this November as President Trump openly weighs sending

in armed federal agents to our schools, churches, fire stations,

and other polling locations." So what exactly is the plan?

Who are these monitors gonna be? And how do you answer critics who say it's

about

intimidation?

I, I wish that the senators that are s- and the congressmen that are saying this

fear, um, fear-mongering false statements would just

not do

that. It's not fair to the American people.

Since the '60s, the Department of Justice has monitored

elections.

Every single election's been monitored.

And so we're doing, we meaning this administration,

President Trump, is doing the

same thing that every single administration has done in our generation,

multiple

generations, okay? And we're doing, we're making sure that federal law

is being

enforced appropriately. What these senators should be saying is,

"Thank God." Is,

"Thank God that we have a government that's ready to, to show up and,

and have vol-

We're hoping to have 1,000 or more.

They are not going to Republican states, they're not going to Democrat states,

they're going to every state-

Mm-hmm

... to make sure that our elections are carried out legally, fairly, and

appropriately. And again, this happens in every single election and,

and of course we're gonna do it. Of course we're gonna make sure the law is

followed. And, and election integrity is, is so important in this country and

it's s- something that we're all talking about,

as we should.

Who are these people gonna be? Though, the accusation is it's gonna be armed

federal agents. Is that accurate-

I mean, that is-

... or false?

... completely false.

Okay, so-

They're gonna be election monitors, as they are every single time.

Okay. Um, Minnesota judges, you all-