joining us now is arizona secretary of state adrian fontes. mr. secretary, thank you so much for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> thank you so much, rachel, for having me. >> is it fair to say that things aren't better since 2020 in arizona, and that as we head towards this next election, you're expecting to see a continuation, or maybe even a worsening of some of the sorts of threats and craziness that we saw in arizona a few years ago? >> well, i think in balance things are actually better. our elections officials are trained. they're more prepared. we know what to expect, for the most part. there are some new emerging wrinkles. but we've been here. we've seen that, and those pictures you showed of those armed crowds outside of the warehouse, that was my warehouse. that was my election in maricopa county in 2020. we got through that we got through 2022. we will get past 2024. and we will protect democracy. >> tell me some of the specifics of your planning. this is obviously a threatening environment, not just in terms of physical safety

joining us now is arizona secretary of state adrian fontes. mr.much for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> thank you so much, rachel, for having me. >> is it fair to say that things aren't better since 2020 in arizona, and that as we head towards this next election, you're expecting to see a continuation, or maybe even a worsening of some of the sorts of threats and craziness that we saw in arizona a few years ago? >> well, i think in balance things are actually better. our elections officials are trained. they're more prepared. we know what to expect, for the most part. there are some new emerging wrinkles. but we've been here. we've seen that, and those pictures you showed of those armed crowds outside of the warehouse, that was my warehouse. that was my election in maricopa county in 2020. we got through that we got through 2022. we will get past 2024. and we will protect democracy. >> tell me some of the specifics of your planning. this is obviously a threatening environment, not just in terms of physical safety for you and your staff,

joining us now is arizona secretary of state, adrian fontes.or being with us, i appreciate your time. >> thank you so much, rachel, for having me. >> is it fair to say things aren't better since 2020 in arizona and that as we head toward this next election, you are starting to see a continuation or maybe even a worsening of some of the sorts of threats and craziness we saw in arizona a few years ago? >> i think in balance, things are better. our elections officials are much better trained, they are more prepared. we know what to expect for the most part. there are some new emerging wrinkles. but, we've been here, we've seen that and this pictures you showed of those armed grounds outside of the warehouse, that was my warehouse, that was my election in maricopa county in 2020. we got through that, we got through 2022, we will get past 2024 and we will protect democracy. >> tell me some of the specifics of your planning. this is obviously a threatening environment, not just in terms of physical safety for you and your staff but in terms of making

. >> but adrian fontes, arizona's top election official says stevens experiment shouldn't have started in the first place. >> well, the economic costs of the conspiracy theories in arizona are real dollars. now the paper that was purchased by this one county based on these conspiracy theories that is absolutely useless and we can't even can use it. they can't use it. this is taxpayer dollars down the drain based on lies. >> stephen said he is not a conspiracy theorists, but in our conversation he didn't refuse any to you except biden won the last election? >> the election and coaches county was fair and balanced and trump won coaches county. >> so nationally >> that's where the numbers came out so there were there were a lot of issues but maybe there was an explanation for him. >> i don't know. >> to be fair. >> there's a lot of people think 2016 was rigged. hillary clinton still thinks she won the election. are they election denier's? >> democrats would say, well, luck our side didn't go attack the us capital. >> i wasn't there. i didn't go. we actually had some people here that when

. >> but adrian fontes, arizona's top election official says stevens experiment shouldn't have started in the first place. >> well, the economic costs of the conspiracy theories in arizona are real dollars. now the paper that was purchased by this one county based on these conspiracy theories that is absolutely useless. and we can't even use who's it? they can't use it. this is taxpayer dollars down the drain based on lies. >> steven said he is not a conspiracy theorists, but in our conversation, he didn't refuse any. do you accept biden 1, the last election? >> the election and coaches county was fair and balanced and trump won coaches county. >> so nationally that's where the numbers came out. so there were there were a lot of issues but maybe there was an explanation for them. i don't know. >> to be fair. there's a lot of people think 2016 was rigged. hillary clinton still thinks she won the election. are they election denier's >> democrats would say, well luck our side didn't go attack the us capitol. >> i wasn't there i didn't go. we actually had some people here that when i think

. >> but adrian fontes, arizona's top election official says stevens experiment shouldn't have started in the first place. >> well, the economic cost of the conspiracy theories in arizona are real dollars the paper that was purchased by this one county based on these conspiracy theories that is absolutely useless. and we can even use it. they can't use it. this is taxpayer dollars down the drain based on lies. >> steven said he is not a conspiracy theorists, but in our conversation, he didn't refuse any. do you accept biden won the last election? >> the election and coaches county was fair and balanced and trump won coaches county. >> so nationally >> that's where the numbers came out. so there were there were a lot of issues but maybe there was an explanation for them. >> i don't know. >> to be fair. there's a lot of people think 2016 was rigged. hillary clinton still thinks she won the election are they election denier's? >> democrats would say, well, look, our side didn't go attack the us capital. >> i wasn't there. i didn't go we actually had some people here that when i think they

. >> but adrian fontes, arizona's top election official says stevens experiment shouldn't have started in the first place. >> well, the economic costs of the conspiracy theories in arizona are real dollars. now the paper that was purchased by this one county based on these conspiracy theories that is absolutely useless. and we can't even use it. they can't use it. this is taxpayer dollars down the drain based on lies stephen said he is not a conspiracy theorists, but in our conversation, he didn't refuse any to you except biden won the last election? >> the election and coaches county was fair and balanced and trump won coaches county. >> so nationally >> that's where the numbers came out. so there were a lot of issues but maybe there was an explanation for him. i don't know. >> to be fair. there's a lot people think 2016 was rigged. hillary clinton still thinks she won the election are they election denier's? >> democrats would say, well, look our side didn't go attack the us capital. >> i wasn't there i didn't go. we actually had some people here that when i think they claim it was i

. >> but adrian fontes, arizona's top election official says stevens experiment shouldn't have started in the first place. >> well, the economic costs of the conspiracy theories in arizona are real dollars now the paper that was purchased by this one county based on these conspiracy theories that is absolutely useless. and we can when you use it, they can't use it. this is taxpayer dollars down the drain based on lies >> steven said he is not a conspiracy theorists, but in our conversation, he didn't refuse any. do you >> biden won the last election? >> the election and coaches county was fair and balanced and trump won. coach is counting. so nationally >> that's >> where the numbers came out. so there were there were a lot of issues but maybe there's an explanation for him. i don't know. >> to be fair. there's a lot of people think 2016 was rigged. hillary clinton still thinks she won the election. are they election denier's? >> democrats would say, well look, our side didn't go attack the us capitol. >> i wasn't there. i didn't go. we actually had some people here that when i think t

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