Michigan Sec. State Rep. Jocelyn Benson said Ronna McDaniel endangered state election workers by promoting Trump’s lies.
McDaniel defended participation in Trump’s coup attempt on Meet The Press:
NBC News new hire Ronna McDaniel goes on Meet The Press and defends Trump’s aid in his coup: “I regret that people are being threatened for doing their jobs in this country. I think that it’s wrong to say I want a simple audit and have your family threatened.” pic.twitter.com/eytRmigRY7
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McDaniel said:
I regret that people in this country are threatened for doing their jobs. I think it’s wrong to say, “I want a simple audit,” and have your family threatened, your daughter threatened, your livelihood threatened, be called a racist. Go look at the transcripts. And that’s the only thing: We can’t have one standard for Democratic — and not Republican — election workers.
Michigan Sec. State Benson responded:
Hi @RonnaMcDaniel💋🠼 I too “regret that people are being threatened for doing their jobs.” For the past three-plus years professional election workers have been threatened because of your lies and those of others. No amount of memory lapses changes that reality.
Ronna McDaniel and the candidate whose criminality she enabled are a major reason why election workers were and still are threatened.
For McDaniel to pretend that it is somehow Democrats threatening election workers is borderline delusional.
The reason election workers are being threatened is because Donald Trump lied about them to tell his false stories of a rigged and stolen election.
NBC News gave Ronna McDaniel the platform to spread these lies and now public officials are turning to social media to correct the situation and stop the spread of false information.
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