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The Takeout

Constitutional Clash: Secretaries of State Adrian Fontes (D-AZ) & Scott Schwab (R-KS)

Feb 9, 2024
45:47

This week, Major sits down with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab to discuss former President Trump’s 14th Amendment case and whether a criminal conviction is needed to keep him off the ballot. “He hasn’t been tried," argues Schwab, a Republican who is against an “arbitrary authority” making the call. “I don't think you need a criminal conviction and neither does the law,” Fontes, a Democrat, counters. The secretaries also weigh in on election denialism, the threat of AI on democracy and “sore losers” in government.

This episode was recorded on February 6th at Dirty Habit in D.C.'s Penn Quarter neighborhood.

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