. >> steve gallardo, a member of of the maricopa county board of supervisors there. he is the lone democrat on a five-member board that has come to the end of its patience. that is now angrily demanding that the republicans in the state senate that have been conducting this election fraud fantasy audit of arizona's presidential election results, they are demanding that they call it off once and for all before any more damage is done. mr. gallardo, thank you so much for being here tonight. it's a real pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask what you meant at the end of those remarks that i just played. you said there are outside forces controlling the senate. the folks that are right now in control of the arizona senate, it's not elected members of that body. these are outside forces that control the senate and the senate president doesn't have the political courage and wisdom to be able to stop it. what do you mean by those outside forces? >> you have organizations, you have trump loyalists, they are doing everything they can to underm

first we're joined by maricopa county supervisor steve gallardo.he 5c board, but even your colleagues are now saying enough is enough. you were on with rachel maddow this week. you said the state senate accused you of crimes, called for you to be arrested. what are the long-term impacts from this? >> well, the long term is our election integrity. this is hurting our democracy. it's putting doubt in our election system that is not needed. the fact is that our elections in 2020 were safe, secure and accurate. unfortunately, you have some here in arizona and across the country that are not happy with the elections results, so they're trying to figure out a way to undermine the will of the voter. they're also using this audit to push voter suppression bills right here in the legislature. how do we make it harder for people of color, people of low income, elderly folks, how do we make it harder for them to vote? that's what this is all about. it's about undermining the will of the voters, voter suppression bills, trying to keep people from voting on ele

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