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0:05 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall with the latest news from the Washington Watch news desk. Today is election day and voters across the country are heading to the polls to cast their ballots for who they like toElection Day Updates and Political Insights 0:17 be president. More than 80000000 voters had voted early as of Monday. In the swing state of Arizona, Republicans have a lead over Democrats in early vote totals. As of early Tuesday morning,0:28 2300000.0 voters had cast ballots, and Republicans had cast nearly 200000 more than Democrats according to data from uplift campaigns. In the state of Georgia, more than 40000000:40 voters had already cast ballots ahead of election day. Female voters have outpaced male voters in early vote totals by more than 2 to 1. But surprisingly, rural counties in Georgia have seen more active0:52 voters cast pre election day ballots than urban counties. Earlier this morning, former president Trump cast his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida. Here's what he said.1:02 It looks like we have a very substantial lead. It looks like we have many more voting today than Democrats. So if you have a lead and we have a bigger vote, that means you're doing very well. But if they have to call a1:13 winner, they should. And they should call a winner.1:17 Trump's running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance, voted in his home state this morning. Here's what he told reporters.1:24 First of all, we do expect to win, but obviously, no matter who wins, half the country, as you said, is gonna be, at least partially disappointed. I think my attitude is the best way to heal the rift in the country is to1:34 try to govern the country as well as we can, create as much prosperity as we can for the American people, and remind our fellow Americans that we are all fundamentally on the same team however we voted. I certainly hope1:44 you vote for Donald j Trump today. I think that his policies are gonna promote peace and prosperity for our citizens. But if you vote the wrong way, in my view, I'm still gonna love you. I'm still gonna treat you as a1:55 fellow citizen. And and if I am lucky enough to be your vice president, I'm gonna fight far hard for your dreams and for your family over the next 4 years.2:02 Last night, both vice president Harris and Trump gave their final pitch to voters on why they should be elected president in a nail bodingly close race. Here's what Harris said at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.2:15 It is my pledge to you that if you give me a chance to fight on your behalf as president, there is nothing in the world that will stand2:27 in my way. Ours is a fight for freedom, including the most fundamental freedom of a2:38 woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do.2:46 Trump finished his campaign at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.2:50 But my message to you and to all Americans tonight is very simple. We do not have to live this way. We don't have to live this way. We're not living good. 4 years, what did they3:02 do that was good? Can you name 1 thing? I said to a group of people. I said to a group of people, what have they done? Everything's a disaster, but we don't have to settle for weakness and incompetence3:14 and decline and decay. That's a nice word, decay. That's what's app that's a nice word, decay. Can you imagine? And nobody will question it because it's true.3:26 With your vote tomorrow, we can fix every single problem our country faces and lead America to new heights of glory.3:35 And in related election news, national guard units in several states and local law enforcement are on standby as authorities prepare for violence in the wake of election results. National Guard units are on3:47 standby in Washington state, Oregon, and Nevada. The move in Oregon and Washington comes after hundreds of ballots were damaged or destroyed when ballot drop boxes were set on fire last week. In Washington3:59 DC, security fencing has gone up around the White House, the US Capitol, and the Naval Observatory where vice president Harris lives. And many businesses in downtown DC have boarded up in anticipation of4:11 riots and violence. And in election integrity news, a Pennsylvania court has granted a request by Cambria County election officials to extend voting hours until 10 PM eastern after a4:23 software malfunction prevented voters from scanning their ballots. The county board of elections said this malfunction should not discourage voters from voting at their local precincts. RNC chairman Michael Watley4:35 has asked Cambria County voters to stay in line to deliver their ballots. And those are today's headlines. I'm Victoria Marshall. Up next is Washington Watch with Tony Perkins. We'll see you tomorrow.4:50 From the4:51 heart of our our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers,5:03 all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.5:10 I will defend religious liberty. I will restore free speech, and I will defend the right to keep and bear arms, our second amendment.5:19 Ours is a fight for freedom, including the most fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions5:31 about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do.5:37 2 fundamentally different views of freedom. That was former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris each making their final appeals to voters yesterday. Welcome to this special election day edition of5:49 Washington Watch. I'm Tony Perkins. Tonight at 8 30 PM eastern time, pastor Jack Hibbs and I will have live election night coverage on pray vote stand decision 20 24. You can join us through the stand firm6:01 app or the Real Life Network app. To get a link, simply text app, that's a p p, to 6 7 7 4 2 6 7 7 4 2, and I'll send you a link. In just a moment, we'll get an election update6:13 from FRC actions director, Matt Carpenter. If you haven't voted yet, there's still time. We've made it easy for you with our voter toolkit. So just text the word toolkit to that same number,6:24 6 7 7 4 2. That's toolkit, 1 word, to 6 7 7 7 4 2, and you'll have everything you need to run down the street to the voting booth and cast your vote. Alright. The RNC is6:36 actively working on election integrity. In fact, they secured a favorable ruling from the Georgia Supreme Court on absentee ballots.6:44 Georgia Supreme Court had a ruling, and every voter needs to return those no later than 7 PM. If they can't get to the, election office for Cobb6:56 County, then they can show up at their precinct, and they can then, you know, nullify their absolute ballot, and then they can vote in person. So there's a process in place.7:06 That was the Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, earlier today. We'll discuss this with Josh McCune, chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. And a house committee, the house7:18 subcommittee on health care and financial services has announced an oversight investigation into a multimillion dollar taxpayer funded study that was conducted, that was funded by the National Institutes7:30 of Health into the effects of puberty blockers for transgender youth. Well, the report has been hidden from the public because the principal researcher did not like the results. Congressman7:41 Glenn Grossman, a member of the committee, will join us with more. Finally, amid escalating tensions, Iran is once again threatening retaliation toward Israel.7:52 We would certainly respond to the Israeli aggression in a proper time and in a proper manner in a very measured and well calculated8:04 manner.8:05 That was Iran's foreign minister Abbas Aranchi speaking alongside Pakistan's foreign minister. Could this conflict risk further destabilizing the Middle East and endangering Israel,8:16 especially as we look at this time between the election and a new administration taking office. FRC FRC's executive vice president, retired lieutenant general Jerry Boykin, will join us for that8:28 discussion. And, again, I invite you to join pastor Jack Hibbs and I for the pre vote stand decision 20 24 tonight beginning at 8 30 PM eastern time. You can join us on the stand firm app. Text app8:40 a p p to 6 7 7 4 2, and I will send you a link. Now for an update on what's been happening across the country today at the polls and for a preview of tonight's coverage, FRC action8:52 director Matt Carpenter joins us from the 20 24 decision desk in the FRC media center. Matt, thanks for joining us.9:00 Hey, Tony. Thanks for having9:02 me.9:02 Alright. So what's it looking like? Let's start off with kind of a brief summary of how the, turnout is looking like so far today.9:12 That's right, Tony. We're looking at very robust turnout. In some states, you've got as much as 50 percent of the expected vote already in the bank from the early voting period. We have seen elevated,9:24 participation, particularly with in person mailing and or in person voting for states that allow that option. Generally, across the board, you're looking at mail in voting has dropped precipitously in some states,9:36 down slightly in other states across the board, of worry potentially for Democrat campaigns. A lot of that is is because, urban areas are not turning out in the same numbers that they were in 209:48 20.9:50 That's very interesting when you look at the the uptick in early voting has been in the, rural areas, and and it's been a decrease in the urban areas.10:01 And the urban areas are not generally known to vote on election day. This could spell trouble for Democrats.10:10 It could, Tony. And we're looking at some of the early day early election day results coming in from Maricopa County in Arizona, specifically. You know, this is a state that features prominently not just at the10:21 presidential level, but at the congressional level as well. You've got a key senate race there. You've got multiple toss-up and competitive house races there as well. You've also got a pro abortion ballot measure, up10:32 there for Arizona voters to decide on. In Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona, where 60 percent of the vote on from the entire election is anticipated to come from. Democrats are turning out below10:43 independence and Republicans right now. So, Democrat campaigns have some work to do.10:49 That has to be very discouraging for them given the fact that, again, they rely very heavily upon, historically, little summary of, how the election results11:01 are going to come in tonight as we track them on pre vote stand election 20 24.11:06 Yeah. We'd be happy to. Tony, I've got here with me a map of all the all the, times in which the polls will close. And just a few minutes at 6 o'clock, Indiana and Kentucky will close, and then you've got11:18 this additional tranche of states that end at 7 o'clock. On the East Coast, we're gonna look at results coming in. I'm gonna be paying attention to Florida, quite frankly. There's a lot of microcosms within the state of11:28 Florida that can tell you a lot about how the the larger electorate is gonna be performing later on tonight. But, obviously, you've got important states like Georgia, which are gonna come in at 7 PM, and Virginia as11:39 well. You've got a senate race in Virginia that's gonna be close. You've got several, congressional races in Virginia as well that are close. Of note, in Georgia, I'll say specifically, Tony, they changed their election11:50 law in 20 20, remember, it dragged out the results for days on end. They changed those laws, so now they'll be reporting election or early day voting much sooner in the night. I anticipate we'll know what the results12:02 were in Georgia, you know, by 10 o'clock, let's say. Maybe maybe maybe even sooner. So a large chunk of the vote, we're gonna know pretty early on election night. It won't be like 20 20.12:12 Alright. So we know that the presidential race is going to be competitive, or at least we think so based upon the polling that we've seen and heard. What other races are going to be competitive that are significant12:23 across the country?12:25 Yeah. So there's there's there are several senate races that are gonna decide, you know, who controls that upper chamber. You've got a you've got a race in, in Virginia that's worth paying attention to. Also,12:36 Pennsylvania, Ohio, a lot is gonna ride on Ohio. That scene is probably the most likely to flip into the Republicans column. This is a state that's trended to the right since 20 20, and Democrat incumbent Sherrod Brown12:48 has been lagging in the polls there. So we're gonna be paying close attention to Ohio when polls close there at 7 30 PM. But you've also got key senate races in places like Michigan where, where Debbie Stabenow, the13:00 Democrat incumbent, has stepped down. So now you've got an open seat there. Both Democrats and Republicans hope to pick up that 1. Wisconsin, Democrat incumbent senator Tammy Baldwin is in a very close race against13:11 Republican Eric Hovde. Each 1 of those states I mentioned also has key close toss-up, lean, however you wanna, you know, count it, races for the house as well. So, you13:23 know, the the path to the presidency, it looks a lot like the path to the congressional majorities as well.13:29 And, folks, I just wanna remind you as you, as Matt just went through the map, there is still time to go and vote in most places across the country. The polls have not yet closed. Maybe you're on your way home from work13:41 and you've not voted. I would strongly encourage you to vote. Do not be swayed 1 way or the other from what you're hearing about returns. It doesn't matter. What matters is that you vote,13:53 you cast your vote, and vote for the individuals, the candidates who are most closely aligned to biblical truth. And we have the resources to help you do that work.14:05 Simply text the word toolkit, that's 1 word, toolkit, to 6 7 7 4 2, and I'll send you a link, and you'll have it right there. In fact, you can put in your ZIP code, and you'll get a personalized voter guide14:17 on your way to the polls to vote. Now, Matt, we talked about the, early voting, which almost, I I think we're we're reaching,14:29 I think the final numbers I saw were close to 80000000 early votes were cast. That's, nearly half of all the ballots that were cast in 20 20. So that's quite significant.14:42 What other things are we seeing different, in this election cycle compared to the last presidential cycle?14:49 Well, Tony, in 20 20, you'll recall the Democrats had banked significant firewalls is kind of the term that's that's being used, going into election day so that Republicans had to then overcome this large deficit15:01 of Democrat votes that had been banked early. That plan is not kind of playing out, out, unfortunately, for the Democrat campaigns. You look at a place like Arizona, where Republicans are actually leading in the early15:13 vote total. Right? Rep Republicans in Arizona have a history of voting early, but in 20 20, that wasn't the case. The Democrats had actually banked a significant firewall going into election day on a state like15:24 Pennsylvania, famously not a great opportunity for Republicans to vote earlier. Democrats had a 1100000.0, firewall vote banked in Pennsylvania15:35 going into election day. It's looking more like 400000 votes this time. Georgia, you see similar numbers of early votes in general, but you see a precipitous drop in the in the participation of mail in voting and a sky15:47 high, involvement among early in person voting. That tends to favor Republicans, frankly. Another state is Nevada, the 1 that people are paying a lot of close attention to. This is a Democrat machine state.15:59 Think of Harry Reid who dominated that state for years and all the unions that are involved out there in the silver state. Democrats have typically done very well in the early voting. Believe it or not, Republicans are16:10 actually leading there as well. And maybe the maybe the the best sign for Republicans tonight is North Carolina. That's a a key state, not just at the presidential level, but they've got a governor's race there, and16:20 there's several, house races there as well. Republicans are actually leading the early vote in North Carolina. I don't think I've ever seen that before.16:28 I know in 20 20, we haven't mentioned it, but COVID was a big deal. We had, lockdowns. We had a lot of outside money coming into,16:40 both into like you mentioned, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. There was money coming in to subsidized poll workers, and those who actually went out to houses and16:57 impact the absence of that, what kind of impact do you think that's having on the Democratic early vote?17:05 Well, I think, frankly, you17:05 know, you frankly, you know, you mentioned kind of the third party, groups getting involved and sort of co opting in in essence, Tony, the work of election administration in the precinct level to cure ballots,17:17 to to encourage, people of a certain demographic to vote, for example. That's not that's not played out this election. Many states took the opportunity after the 20 20 election to actually17:29 prohibit that activity this election. So, we're not likely to see that shenanigans at least happen officially. I don't know if it's happening, you know, unofficially, but, that's not been that's not really been the17:41 story of this election, at least not in early voting so far.17:44 Yeah. It looks like Republicans who were reluctant to do so, of course, we encourage them to vote early. I voted early. We encourage people to vote early. It looks like Republicans took that advice and did vote17:55 early. So now even though we we prefer to have election on election day18:00 Right.18:00 That was the laws that many states adopted. Now I think maybe the the the left will wanna change it and go back to election day since it didn't work for them, but we'll we'll see. Alright. Matt Carpenter, stand by18:11 because we'll be back at, 8 30 for election 20 24. Thanks for joining us. Thanks, Tony. Alright. Coming up, I'll be joined by the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, whichElection Integrity and Voter Confidence 18:23 scored a, a victory for election integrity yesterday. And this is, this is encouraging because this has been happening across the country. This is 1 of the things the RNC has been doing is going into court and making18:35 sure that the laws are being applied, the way they should be. So we we we got some good news ahead. Alright. Don't go away. We're back with more Washington18:46 Watch right after this.18:51 Election night is almost here. Join FRC and RealLife Network for exclusive live coverage from coast to coast. With host Tony Perkins and Jack Hibbs, you'll hear from an19:03 incredible slate of guests, including members of congress and political heavyweights from around the globe. We'll dive into the issues that matter and give you the biblical perspective. Pray that19:14 America chooses wisely. Join us on November fifth as we watch history unfold.19:22 Let's not be discouraged. Don't lose heart. Don't lose the faith. Stand now strong because the lord has given us the great privilege of living in a time when our choices matter, when our lives matter, when our19:34 courage matters. So let's stand together and save this great country. God bless the United States of America.19:39 The American Republic has a freedom like no other. It has roots in the scriptures, far more than any other heritage. And if we as followers of Jesus19:51 and conservatives conservatives don't defend it, who will?19:56 Neutrality is not an option. There are many Christians who believe that if we just keep our heads down, if we just don't say the wrong thing, that20:02 that somehow we will20:02 come out of this unscathed. You're that somehow we will come out of this unscathed. You're naive if you think that. Because what they want from us is not our silence.20:14 What they want from us is our submission.20:17 Part of the dilemma of Christianity in our generation is that we've relied a little too much on human wisdom and human reasoning, human strength, human resource, and we've relied too little on the power20:29 of God and God's ability to open doors that we can't open and do things that we can't even hope to begin to do.20:36 This may not be an easy task, but we are living in a moment of challenge, but also a great opportunity. And we know always that we are not alone, that his20:48 spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable. Dobbs, after all, was never supposed to happen.20:57 Father, we thank you. You have entrusted us with this moment in history, and I pray that we would be found faithful. And that as a result of our faith to you, that thousands, millions would come into21:09 the kingdom as they would experience the forgiveness of sin and the new life that is found only in Jesus Christ. Amen.21:20 Are you a Christian parent looking to raise a spiritual champion in today's culture? Renowned author George Barna has written a new book, raising spiritual champions. This book offers valuable insights21:32 based on extensive research conducted by George Barna, the Family Research Council, and Arizona Christian University. Learn how to help your children discern biblical truth and find compelling meaning and21:44 purpose. Don't miss out on this essential resource for parents. Order your copy today.21:54 Welcome back to Washington, Washington. I invite you to join us tonight for pray vote stand election 20 24 beginning at 8 30 PM. You can join us on the Stand Firm app. Just text app to 6 7 722:06 4 2. Pastor Jack Hibbs and I will be giving you the results throughout the night and talking about the way forward. Alright. You may recall that in 20 20 in the presidential election, Georgia was 1 of the states22:18 that were really was ground 0 for the budding election integrity movement. This election cycle, Georgia is in a much, much more secure place than ever before when it comes to22:29 election integrity. They not only changed their laws, but they're on the ground watching. In fact, just yesterday, the state saw another victory for the election integrity effort there with a ruling from the Georgia22:41 Supreme Court. Here now to discuss the ruling and to share about the efforts to promote election integrity, making sure that every vote counts in the peach state is Josh McCune. He is the chairman of the Georgia22:52 Republican Party. Josh, welcome to Washington Watch.22:55 Thank you so much for having me.22:57 So, Josh, tell us about, the battle that led to yesterday's ruling from the Supreme Court and what it means.23:03 Well, you know, Cobb County, Georgia wanted to give the Democrats some overtime and allow absentee ballots to be counted all the way through Friday of this week. And state law is very clear that23:15 absentee ballots must be turned in by 7 PM on election day. Even though we did not get a satisfactory ruling at the trial court, Republican National Committee joined us. We appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court. And23:27 yesterday, they ruled that all absentee ballots to be counted in this election must be cast by 7 PM today.23:34 Now now, Josh, this looks a little suspicious. I mean, last minute, 3200 requests were made, like, at the deadline. I mean, that just it kinda I mean, it23:46 doesn't really pass the smell test.23:49 No. We've seen this movie before, and we were ready for it. I think that's kind of 1 of the key differences between 20 20 and 20 24. Our legal team was ready to go. We got in front of judges,24:00 you know, immediately. We didn't wait until after election day to litigate this issue. And as a result, you know, we've been able to safeguard, in my opinion, the integrity of this election.24:11 I think this is extremely important, and this, I hope, will give people confidence across the country because this is 1 of the top 3 issues that people have cited in terms of not voting was that their vote wouldn't count24:23 because of, you know, the the lack of integrity in the system. But, you know, we've had over 2 dozen states that have changed their laws. Of course, Georgia was leading the way on this, but it's being supplemented by the24:34 RNC in particular that is using those laws in the courts to make sure they're being enforced. So there's a it's a pretty strong legal ground game. Is there not?24:45 There absolutely is. I mean, we've been involved in dozens of lawsuits this year, to protect the vote. And and I wanna say it, it really does 2 things. Number 1, it's important that we have election integrity as a24:56 principle, obviously. But to your other point, it does make people feel confident to participate in the process. I believe tonight, we're gonna set a record for voter participation in25:08 a presidential election in Georgia, and that's because of these efforts. Republicans, conservatives have confidence that we are minding the store. We are making sure that this is a fair election,25:20 so they do have the confidence to go in and vote. And that's what I've been telling people for a year. We are working very hard to make sure this is a fair election. We just need you to do your job and get in there and25:31 vote, and people are doing that in great numbers.25:33 Josh Josh, talk a little bit about, the improvements that were made by the state. Some of the as they went back, assessed what happened in 20 20, changed their laws.25:45 What what are some of the things that that happened were put in place this year versus 20 20?25:53 Well, 1 of the big changes had to do with ballot drop boxes. So in 20 20, that was sort of invented, this idea that you could deposit an absentee ballot in a drop box that could be located anywhere. There was very little26:05 security around that process. The legislature came back and said, okay, we're gonna have ballot drop boxes, but they're gonna have to be in government buildings. They're not gonna be 20 fourseven. They're gonna be26:14 secured. There's gonna be a wet signature required to apply for an absentee ballot. And what we saw is we went from 1 and a half million absentee ballots in the state in 20 20 to just under26:25 300000 this year, so a reduction of 1200000.0 of these absentee ballots by mail. So that'll result in a faster count. I also think it increases people's confidence in26:37 the election. The more people we have presenting themselves in person, displaying a photo ID, verifying their identity, that's a huge part and a huge win, in my opinion, opinion, about election integrity here.26:49 And I'll mention 1 other thing, which is the early voting that's taken place must be counted in Georgia by 8 PM tonight, and the secretary of state has to give us the total number of votes by 1027:00 PM tonight. So there's not this late night, oh, we found more votes, all of that sort of thing. So I really feel like people are gonna look back at this election and say, what a better experience, what an27:12 experience we have confidence in regardless of the outcome.27:16 So, Josh, do you think that there were some weaknesses in the system prior that, you know, we just kind of everybody's gonna do the right thing, but we had people that didn't do the right thing. And do you think those27:28 weaknesses were exploited in 20 20?27:31 I think there's no question that we had a lot of irregularities around the 20 20 election and particularly around the paper absentee ballots. I mean, you know, president Trump won27:42 on election day in Georgia in 20 20. He won in the 3 weeks of early in person voting, but he lost paper absentee balloting by 398000 votes. And, you27:54 know, that generally doesn't happen. Generally, you're you see a trend among all different voting methods, and, that certainly makes you wonder about what went on, whether that was vote harvesting, knocking doors,28:07 sort of persuading people to vote that might not have been that enthused about voting in the first place or whether it was something more sinister than that. But we've really done a lot. What's not perfect, you know, no28:18 human endeavor is. Right. But it is much improved over 20 20 this year.28:22 Josh, final question for you. You got about 45 seconds left. What's your response to those who say that these efforts amount to voter suppression?28:30 I would say to them, we set a record for voter turnout in Georgia in 20 22, and we're shattering, I believe tonight, the all time record for turnout in the presidential election. So the proof's in the pudding. People are28:42 turning out. We can make it easy to vote and hard to cheat.28:46 And I think everyone well, I would say most everyone prefers that and to know that their vote counts, regardless of which side they're on politically, they28:58 wanna know that their vote counts. It's it's Absolutely. It is very critical to uphold our republic, to be able to say that. Josh, thanks so much for joining us. Appreciate, you being with us29:09 tonight.29:10 Thank you for having me.29:11 Absolutely. I've been telling you folks that, the the states have been working on this, and and and the RNC, to their credit, has been taking these laws that were put in place andShow more In this video 0:05 Election Day Updates and Political Insights18:19 Election Integrity and Voter Confidence29:13 Transgenderism and Government-Funded Studies38:44 Global Implications of U.S. Elections
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