“Counting votes is not a bad thing. Counting votes cast on or before Election Day by eligible voters is not corruption. It is not cheating. It is democracy,” says Philadelphia’s Republican election commissioner Al Schmidt.
I was just gonna create a new post about this because it was a great segment last night. But did a search and found this, so I'll just nest it here. Mr Schmidt is getting DEATH THREATS. This clown show is getting more deranged and dangerous with each passing day.
Al Schmidt: There really should not be a disagreement, regardless of party affiliation, when we're talking about counting votes cast on or before Election Day by eligible voters. It's not a very controversial thing, or at least it shouldn't be.
Bill Whitaker: But yet, it is.
Al Schmidt: Unfortunately, yes.
Al Schmidt: At the end of the day, we are counting eligible votes cast by voters. The controversy surrounding it is something I don't understand. It's people making accusations that we wouldn't count those votes or people are adding fraudulent votes or just, coming up with, just, all sorts of crazy stuff.
Bill Whitaker: Accusations like, "You are cheating."
Al Schmidt: Yes.
Bill Whitaker: "You are manipulating the vote."
Al Schmidt: Yes. Or calls to our offices reminding us that "This is what the Second Amendment is for, people like us."
Bill Whitaker: You're getting calls like that?
Al Schmidt: Yes.
Bill Whitaker: That's it that's-- a not so veiled death threat.
Al Schmidt: Yes, for counting votes in a democracy.
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In Philadelphia, the birthplace of American democracy, election officials carry out their duties while facing unfounded attacks on the integrity of the vote by a sitting president. Bill Whitaker reports.
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