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Jill Tokuda: “The last time we had any kind of armed enemies at any type…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 01:57

Your president, in January of this year, told the New York Times that he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in key states after the 2020 election. Last I heard from you, The last time we had any kind of armed enemies at any type of voting places was 250 years ago. We're talking 2020. So if the President, again I'm asking you, orders you to break election law, violate the Constitution and the law, would you follow the orders of the President, yes or no? (01:57–02:03)

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Asserts that armed enemies have not been present at voting places for 250 years.

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