Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members

About this episode

The episode discusses the firing of the bipartisan election commission members amid a voter suppression push and the Democrats' efforts to flip a Virginia congressional district.

The firing of the bipartisan election commission members comes amid the president's voter suppression push. Plus, Democrats look to flip a Virginia congressional district that voted for Trump three times. Angelo Carusone, Ankush Khardori, Nayyera Haq, Shannon Taylor, David Noriega, and Maria Teresa Kumar all join Symone Sanders Townsend on the 11th Hour.

People in this episode

Host: Symone Sanders Townsend

Guests: Angelo Carusone, Ankush Khardori, Nayyera Haq, Shannon Taylor, David Noriega, Maria Teresa Kumar

Topics covered

• election commission
• voter suppression
• Virginia congressional district
• Trump
• Democrats
• politics

Keywords

• Trump
• Election Assistance Commission
• voter suppression
• Virginia
• Democrats
• congressional district
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Election Assistance Commission, Democrats

Places: Virginia

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