'BradCast' 3/15/2022 (Guest: Former FL county election chief Ion Sancho on MAGA threats to election officials)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 It took decades to build our system of non-partisan, professional election administration, but the entire system is now under persistent attack by Trump's MAGA Mob against election officials in the wake of his Big Lie about the 2020 election. Republican state lawmakers are converting Trump's Big Lie into new laws that block access to the ballot box and undermine democracy itself. A new Brennan Center survey of election administrators finds that a significant percentage have received death threats, many more have serious concerns about their safety, and some are considering leaving their jobs altogether before the 2024 election, citing attacks by political leaders. Still others who want to continue their work in the non-partisan administration of free and fair elections are being purged and replaced with partisan operatives, thanks to new election laws in GOP-controlled states. The legendary Supervisor of Elections for Leon County (FL), ION SANCHO, now retired, explains the growing threats to our teetering American democracy that are undermining this hard-won model of non-partisan election administration, driven by 'vile attacks' by politicians preying upon the public's ignorance about election laws and procedures. Sancho also discusses a new Florida state law creating what he describes as 'the governor's private police force on elections,' and ideas for solutions to find our way out of this nightmare. Also today: more data on the rise of a new COVID variant. Two Fox 'News' journalists have been killed by Russian troops in Ukraine. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"