That would be an illegal order and that is, you know, voting and our, our elections are administered by the states. I was pleased to hear that. We've heard nothing from Pete Hegseth and this should be a very easy thing for a secretary of defense to say and his predecessors, Republican predecessors have said it. So we're waiting to see. But I think in terms of like the really important stories between now and the election, making sure there's no excuse, no authoritarian playbook that's … (08:14–08:25)
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Asserts that previous Republican Secretaries of Defense have stated they would not deploy military to polling locations.
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