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. >>> still to come, secretary of state adrian fontes joins me in phoenix . we will discuss how he is keeping the election and election workers safe. more "velshi" in arizona after this. this. >>> last sunday, in an interview with fox news, trump said this. >> i think the bigger problem is the enemy from within, not even the people that have come in and destroyed our country, totally destroying our country. the towns, the villages being in you dated. i don't have a problem in terms of election day. i think the bigger problem, the people from within. we have some very, very bad people, we have some sick people. radical lunatics. and it should be very easily handled, if necessary, by national guard, or if really necessary, by the military. >> a former president and current republican nominee for president, just weeks before the election, suggesting that he would seek the military on americans. this should be a five alarm fire movement. we have become so accustomed to donald trump's ongoing authoritarianism and fascism, that some of this just blends right in. we

. >>> coming up, arizona's secretary of state errors adrian fontes joins me. >>> we were here two years ago and four years ago, meeting and talking to a divorce diverse group of voters had one of the most important elections in american history. now i am back, talking to some of the same boat as max, bearing witness to the surprising factors motivating them this time around. we will have my great conversation with them ahead. donald trump decided to turn a townhall into an extended, impromptu dance party. his predecessor thought so too. >> how about this, we will play "ymca," and then we will go home. let's go, nice and loud. >> here we go, everybody. >> keep going, should we keep going? turn that music up, turn it up. great song. >> the point of a townhall meeting is to take questions. he just decided you know what, i'm going to stop taking questions, and then, he is swaying to "ymca" for about half an hour, folks are standing there, not sure what is happening. can you imagine if i did that? can you imagine if reuven did that right in the middle? now, our playlist would probably be bet

. >> desde su llegada, el secretario de estado, adrian fontes, ha tenido que lidiar con reportes y tÁcticasitar el voto a un candidato propuesta. la toma de cualquier fotografÍa o video y hay que retirarse inmediatamente despuÉs de votar. y es que el acoso en varios estados del paÍs se ha dado no solo contra votantes, tambiÉn trabajadores electorales y voluntarios como los de la organizaciÓn. mi familia vota a quienes acompaÑamos en este barrio latino en phoenix y quienes educan sobre estos procesos. >> hemos tenido algunos casos donde los persiguen, ya sea a pie o en el carro, pero tambiÉn hemos escuchado de otras organizaciones que tambiÉn estamos muy de cerca. platicamos con ellos de que a ellos les han sacado las pistolas, aunque en este estado pÉndulo no lo hay. >> no todos creen que existe intimidaciÓn de votantes, al contrario, lo ven como ataques a la libertad de expresiÓn. te quieren apagar? >> no, no te dejan hablar, no te quieren decir, no quieren que hablar. o sea, no quieren que Úu hables y des tu opiniÓn con un operativo que incluye cientos de elementos de seguridad y medidas

the wealth of disinformation around the 2024 election, arizona's democratic secretary of state adrian fontes much of this cycle trying to prepare for the worst. >> i'm concerned about any conspiracy theories that are peddled by candidates and elected officials. it's like whack a mole for conspiracy theories. if it is right now that the mythology of non-citizen voting is going to be the conspiracy theory du jours, so be it. >> he sees his office slow rolling civics lesson as addendum -- >> folks are starting to realize the security and the transparency of our systems can be depended on. i think that is why a lot of the selections and nihilism is waiting and becoming less popular than it was in years past. >> but election deniers are back on the ballot this november. >> my goodness, do we love this man? >> kari lake is running for arizona's open seat in the u.s. senate. lake repeatedly spread lies that the 2020 election and her last race were stolen. >> people cannot take this level of fraud much longer. >> lake is one of eight election deniers running for congress, either for reelection or fo