Schiff Says He’s Worried RNC Would Try to ‘Intimidate’ Voters out of Polling Places

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SCHIFF: “But in terms of what the Democratic Party is hearing, is doing, we’re very concerned they’re going to try to suppress the vote in many ways, suppress it, as I mentioned, with these voter suppression laws, but also suppress it with having people intimidate others at the polling places and putting out messages that essentially try to discourage people. You know, we’ve seen in California, and certainly in other parts of the country as well, efforts in particular to discourage voters of color from going to the polling place through intimidation and scare tactics. You know, we want to make sure we push back against that, that we have legitimate efforts at voter protection, and so, you know, we’re marshaling election experts and others to volunteer and try to make sure there isn't that kind of intimidation going on, that everybody's vote is counted, that where these states have purged voter rolls in an effort to make it even harder for people to vote, that we're getting people re-registered. So we’re taking this as serious as a heart attack, because at the end of the day, Michael, as you’ve often pointed out, this is going to be close and it's all going to come down to who turns out. And given the efforts Republicans are telegraphing, it also may come down to whether they succeed in validating the legitimate votes of people."