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Cait Conley: “Donald Trump passed executive orders targeting the former…”

Featuring: Cait Conley, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House New York, 17th Congressional District

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Cait Conley on her NY District 17 Congressional Campaign and the Fight to Defeat Mike Lawler

Published | Video Starts at 24:58

I am concerned about how far this administration is going to go in using the executive branch as a political tool, as a weapon against their opponents. Look, we saw this. Earlier this year, Donald Trump passed executive orders targeting the former director of my former agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, targeting Chris Krebs. because in 2020, he refused to back Donald Trump's lie that he lost the election. Right. Like Chris Krebs refused to back Donald Trump's former false claims that he won. (24:58–25:10)

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