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22 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Michael Steel (@michael_steel) former top aide to John Boehner, Paul Ryan and others, now a spokesman for Dominion Voting Systems, rebuts Sidney Powell's wild claims of voter fraud in this Fox interview. Very much worth watching. (1/x)

mediaite.com/tv/dominion-re…
@michael_steel This exchange at the very end gets to the heart of the matter.

Q: They’re going to call you a RINO. What do these allegations do to the belief in our election system?

Steel: “I’ve worked for conservative causes, candidates and elected officials for nearly 20 years..." (2/x)
More Steel: "I think that these allegations are not allegations against Dominion Voting Systems. They are against our elected officials at the state and local level -- bipartisan poll watchers, the very system that inspires the confidence that we have ..." (3/x)
"... and the love of our country is under attack through these allegations. And it is all our obligation to defend the truth, to defend democracy. And that’s what we’re trying to do here.” (4/4)

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