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DASS Statement on Rising Violent Threats to Secretaries of State

Jan 03, 2024

For Immediate Release:
January 3, 2024
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WASHINGTON – This morning, Secretary of State offices across the country – Republican and Democratic – were recipients of yet another violent threat that disrupted critical operations and forced office evacuations. Secretaries of State and election administrators widely have been the target of a rising tidal wave of violence and harassment engendered by Republican attacks on our democratic processes.

Democratic Association of Secretaries of State Executive Director Travis Brimm issued the following statement:

“The threats to our democracy from violent, right-wing actors are real. After years of Republicans paying homage to crackpot conspiracy theories and kowtowing to the most tenebrous corners of the Internet, we are witnessing the result: death threats; mass departures from nonpartisan election posts. Republicans should grow a backbone and condemn these violent threats and the leaders of their party who continue to make them.”

PAID FOR BY THE DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE, 600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE UNIT 15180 WASHINGTON, DC 20003, NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE’S COMMITTEE.