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Hakeem Jeffries

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The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

Elections right now are administered by states and localities.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

That's what they're trying to change because Donald Trump knows he does not have the ability to override governors, secretaries of state, attorney generals, or state supreme courts.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

That's his problem right here.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

And that's why he's threatening to try to nationalize it, but he's got no vehicle

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

to be able to do it.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

Now he wants to unleash these ICE agents to try to intimidate folks, which is why we've said amongst our many different ironclad line in the sand demands, which include independent criminal investigations when ICE agents break the law, judicial warrants need to be required before ICE agents storm homes or private property.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

We want to prohibit racial profiling, ethnic profiling, mandate excessive use of force policies.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

But as I mentioned earlier,

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

prohibit ICE from showing up at sensitive locations, which we're going to spell out.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

in the law, and that, of course, includes polling sites.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

So our view is that the Department of Homeland Security funding bill cannot move forward absent changes that we believe are bold, dramatic, meaningful, and transformational.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

so that ICE is actually forced to conduct itself like every other law enforcement agency in the world, and that we can implement these changes now, so we can save lives now, so we can stop the brutality and the terror now.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

And that's what this moment is all about.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

And unfortunately, what Republicans have decided is that rather than enact those type of dramatic changes that we've put on the table, they would prefer to shut down FEMA, shut down the TSA,

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

and shut down the Coast Guard.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

But they're gonna pay a price for that with the American people.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

It's an unsustainable position.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

Donald Trump's immigration ratings are falling apart and are now approaching his poor ratings on the economy and on healthcare.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

And we believe that we're in this fight, we're gonna win this fight, and we have to on behalf of the American people.

The Don Lemon Show
Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

So do you think...