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Zoe Lofgren: “When he called the governor of Texas and said, give me five…”

Featuring: Zoe Lofgren, Democratic | U.S. House California, 18th Congressional District

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Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi Hold Rally for California Prop 50

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They have unleashed armed, masked ICE agents to tackle and arrest violently our people on the streets. These policies are not popular. And Trump knows that he's going to lose the midterm elections unless he rigs it. Now, When he called the governor of Texas and said, give me five seats, didn't it remind you of when he called the governor of Georgia and asked for 11,000 votes after the election. And the governor said, yes, sir. Now, our delegation is awesome. We meet every week and we had a discussion. It's like, what's our reaction going to be? (22:43–22:55)

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Asserts that Trump requested election manipulation from the governors of Texas and Georgia.

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