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Jocelyn Benson: “The depths to which they would go really unfolded in a…”

Featuring: Jocelyn Benson, Democratic | Secretary of State of Michigan

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The Fight to Protect the 2024 Election with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

Published | Video Starts at 01:50

I mean, at this stage in 2020, we had some inkling of how far the former president might go when his team to undermine elections or delegitimize democracy. But really, The depths to which they would go really unfolded in a shocking way leading up to, of course, the tragedy at our US Capitol on January 6. And so now at this stage of the subsequent presidential cycle, in 24, we're very clear eyed about what we're up against. It is far more sophisticated effort than perhaps in 20. (01:50–01:59)

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