#477 : Democracy fights back.

Published: April 27, 2020, 1:06 p.m.

Democracy fights back. The movement to restore voting rights and make elections fair and free.  Plus, Bill Press with Congressman Eric Swalwell on what it will really take to reopen America.

David Daley on his new book Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy. Plus Bill Press talks with  California Representative Eric Swalwell about what Congress needs to do next to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

David Daley Pt. 1

Journalist David Daley’s 2016 bestselling book Ratf**Ked opened the nation’s eyes to the vast reach of  GOP gerrymandering and the GOP plan to lock in control of American politics Now he’s opening our eyes again, this time to the story of how Americans are fighting back. 

David Daley Pt. 2

And now Part Two of our conversation with David Daley about his new book Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy. Dave, there’s a chapter in the book titled The Defeat of the Voter Fraud Myth, and a central character is Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap who served on President Trump’s voter fraud commission.  Remind us what that commission was supposed to accomplish.

Eric Swalwell

With a President who makes every crisis worse,  Bill Press talks Congressman Eric Swalwell about what Congress has to do to help the nation recover from the coronavirus pandemic.  If you'd like to hear the entire interview, visit BillPressPods.com.

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