The day after a gripping, emotional January 6 hearing, two 2020 election officials detailed to Congress the threats they faced for defending the 2020 results closer to home
A dispatch from a House election subversion hearing & an intrvw w/ @Adrian_Fontes businessinsider.com/election-offic…
A dispatch from a House election subversion hearing & an intrvw w/ @Adrian_Fontes businessinsider.com/election-offic…
@Adrian_Fontes Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey recalled, after disruption during ballot counting & harassing phone calls/texts over the election, being threatened by a man in her own neighborhood to which she responded: "I have COVID-19 and I'll spit on you." businessinsider.com/election-offic…
@Adrian_Fontes "If it weren't for the work of local election officials, none of you would be here in this room," Winfrey said. The witnesses advocated for HR 4064, which would bar local officials from being fired w/o cause & add more protections against threats businessinsider.com/election-offic…
@Adrian_Fontes Fontes, who ran an election where he lost reelection as recorder last yr, told me: "This is something that you can be reasonable about, and that it's OK to lose. That's what elections are for — to make a decision. And you won't always win, and that's OK." businessinsider.com/election-offic…
@Adrian_Fontes .@Adrian_Fontes said he was hopeful overall, but had strong words for the GOP members of the House Admin committee for not directly addressing the testimony about the threats/harassment election officials face, saying it "betrays a sense of desperation" businessinsider.com/election-offic… 
@Adrian_Fontes I also asked @senalexpadilla yesterday evening about the talks in progress for a revised version of the For The People Act & what provisions that'll have. He said the group is "working on as comprehensive of a package as we can get the votes for." businessinsider.com/election-offic…
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