Steal the Vote: Protecting democracy with States United CEO Joanna Lydgate

[@lauracohen4914]

Yes, we are trying to maintain our democracy out here. TX is a mess. Thank-you !

[@Lss608]

I totally agree💙🌊🇺🇸🌊🇺🇸🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@robertar6075]

Florida has major issues with gerrymandering done by the governor! Voting is not fair in Florida!

[@dianneleon2522]

Nor Ohio

[@cyncitynv7413]

Thank you so much Leigh! You knocked it out of the park again!

[@MrGordo98]

Leigh, thank you so much for your work here! You provide such an invaluable service in delivering complex political information in easily digestible ways! Really appreciate you!!

[@Mercyfouranimals]

Came here to say the very same thing. Thank you Leigh!!

[@michaelbeers5034]

Thank you ladies!

[@marscrumbs]

We need honest poll workers free from threats.

[@farginargle]

Just found States United. Thank you so much!

Thank you, Leigh, for all you do to defend and explain how our Democracy works, and how important it is to protect and defend our voting system.

[@AlfCalson]

. 💙 GO GIRLS GO 💙

[@namvet1969]

Great Podcast Very Informative!! Love you PG!! Please Vote Folks 💙💙

[@AC-xi4sb]

Amen!!!Nailed it !!!Vote blue to stop this madness.

[@Jill_MA]

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@maggie1128]

I just saw a speech where Trump is calling on all Christians to go vote for him and then he’ll fix it so they’ll never have to vote again.

[@ardeth75]

Yep, he said that out loud

[@donnao2685]

And as usual, DT's sycophants are saying, "That's not what he meant!" When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ~Maya Angelou

[@dewardroy6531]

That’s weird!

[@maryburrell3948]

People really need to pay very close attention about what that means.

[@maryburrell3948]

@@donnao2685 Them always saying the people didn’t hear and see what Trump said to that white nationalist evangelical crowd at Turning Point. They are plotting to steal the election.

[@galemurphy9832]

Thank you! I must go to your library and see your Marc Elias interview! You ROCK!!🇺🇸

[@anthonybraeckman3960]

Vote Kamala! Vote Blue! Vote Democracy! Women's rights, Abortion rights, and Roe v. Wade need to be restored.

[@tomosborne9314]

You show symptoms of FAKE NEWS OVERDOSE.

[@BruceLee-s7f]

Stop lying how they let you nuts jobs get on utube and lie is beyond me,but I'm sure they'll ban me for standing up for the truth

[@1utube01]

Yeah, I'm worried about certain MAGA election officials in battleground states refusing to certify their districts or their states. We must do something to preempt their inevitable shenanigans.

[@Lss608]

I totally agree, American Voters must vote Blue down the ballots 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@dianneleon2522]

Up too💙👍😁

[@BruceLee-s7f]

Trump won America has spoken haha

[@emilymeyerding3392]

It'd be nice if we could meet the UN standards for free and open elections, which we haven't since 1976, I believe.

[@LovingMontanatoDeath]

Its incredibly important that we register every single like-minded person to vote. Gore - Bush is proof that our Supreme Court can not be trusted to do the right thing.

[@jennifer60515]

My concern regarding any legal challenges to this election result is that judges will be acting unethically, as we have seen so clearly from Aileen Cannon. If that is allowed to continue, the judiciary is gone and one of our most important guard rails will have failed.

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

Under Trump’s administration I was screaming to myself, the judiciary… he’s destroying the judiciary. I screamed to myself because the people in my life called me a conspiracy theorist 🙄 if I pointed out facts.

[@clarencemoore1079]

Biden has been busy behind the scenes, placing as many low and mid level judges as possible, to fend off some of these malicious challenges to the vote!

[@galemurphy9832]

I would love for your platform to see an interview with Marc Elias and what is currently happening in the courts with the voting lawsuits in different states.

[@ChristyMorris-rh7rq]

He is amazing and does amazing work!

[@somefella7611]

Great Vid. I feel this is one of the most dangerous aspects of MAGA. We must be on guard.

[@haels5139]

We had SCOTUS members on the record saying they wouldn't over-turn Row too. That seemed to work. They're not cut from the same cloth.

[@DonnaBuck-ml8yi]

This is so stressful and scary

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

That is why I engage with the pro-democracy community, it helps charge my battery and gives me hope. Sometimes I take breaks from screens, no news or commentaries for a few days or maybe a week, just enough to gather myself and focus on what is the most important to me and then I feel a bit refreshed and ready to join the vote blue team again.

[@hazardousblock]

Thank you for your hard work.

[@kathyjulian6138]

Thank you so much for your efforts in sharing such accurate information. I always feel hopeful at the end of all of your videos.

[@LesaBear612]

Harris needs to win by huge margins. Vote blue!

[@vision2096]

Vote Red if you care about children, girls and women. JB/KH are ok with children given puberty blockers without parents consent. They are ok with childless ladies who are teachers who don't even have empathy towards csts transitioning children without the parents consent. Vote Red if you care about safe spaces, locker rooms, sports, DV shelters, prisons taken over by biological men! JB/KH and California governor says it's ok and they are passing bills.

[@jonaskarlberg3240]

​@@vision2096Vote blue for democracy not red for dictatorship Trump only cares about himself and noone else Trump wants to be a dictator Stop this madman USA Kamala Harris for President 2024!

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

@@jonaskarlberg3240perfectly stated!

[@stormriderkaos]

@@vision2096 You're full of shit. Vote red if you're a white man who wants to own and control women and children.

[@neilfuller6024]

@@vision2096 Vote Red if you want Government Officials, not Doctors determining women's healthcare. If censorship is more important than free speech, and information. If paranoia rules your life. IF NOT, 💙💙Vote BLUE.💙💙

[@brigid.mckinney]

Another Great guest and topic!! She needs to go after Lake in Arizona 😂😂

[@bkmeahan]

It's not even about casting doubt this time. It's about getting the case in front of the Supreme Court who will throw out specific states and either accept Trump electors or push it to congress where the GOP have the majority of states. Johnson has already said they are going to challenge the validity of Harris being on the ballot

[@jenf2857]

But they're happy to vote for a convicted felon and rapist ...

[@muzzymuzzy12]

So what is going to be done about the electors in place who refuse to certify the election?

[@starsiegeRoks]

We dont know, you can bring legal action against them, but thats messy and you need evidence that is not circumstantial or something that is considered free speech. And it would take time.

[@Cooper43642]

thank you both.

[@tanyawilliams8254]

😢VOTE BLUE PEOPLE💙💙💙

[@AlfCalson]

.. 😀😄😀😄😀😄😀😄😀😄 Why not a happy face? ❓

[@openmike4559]

Why vote blue?

[@commandertopgun]

WOW, Lee, Joanna, I am less stressed, know you have a system in place for decades. I am hugely relieved, & incredibly impressed & inspired, to know thatSTATES UNITED is protecting Democracy. MAGA is well-funded & ruthless, & will intimidate & threaten ballot workers, to steal the Election. So Joanna, Hats off to you & your teams, working endlessly, courageously defending Democracy, Bless you all. Lee, Joanna, fantastic Podcast, it was truly Informative and inspiring every day, and I loved it.

[@DogsRule123]

Thank you

[@thomasshi9138]

Put the felon to jail.

[@melissaverduin3693]

Bottom line...We need the National Popular Vote instead of the Electoral College Vote!

[@jarhead4801]

💯 % Agree

[@crash24420]

Absolutely! Republicans have lost all credibility and don’t deserve that advantage, they cheat by gerrymandering, suppressing votes and lying and then they get the gift of the electoral college? No that is not right or fair, it must be abolished!!

[@curiousbunny2573]

National popular vote = whites have a greater share of the voting power than Blacks. If we had that in the past, a democrat would’ve never been able to win and we wouldn’t have enough immigrants to sway votes Blue now! It’s a ripple.

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

@@curiousbunny2573actually there have been a number of recent elections where the Democratic Candidate won the popular vote and the Republican Candidate won the electoral college. Do some research, gerrymandering and voter suppression target folks of color. The Electoral College does not represent the majority.

[@sonnyfaasala322]

We take away the electoral college vote? Then, the Republicans become irrelevant! They have no good ideas or policies, except for the whining and the bitching!

[@shinebabyshine.]

such an awesome episode!

[@LisaMurray-q6s]

I was little upset when joe biden dropped out I came to my senses In realize It was a Good. Move The President will go down In history as one of greatest President And politician in history

[@melissaverduin3693]

It's a continuous slow moving coup since J6 2021 insurrection!😖

[@starsiegeRoks]

Pretty much. They tried it quickly on J6 and now they are being slow and methodical.

[@kathrynpupos9103]

It actually started 40+ years ago. It's gotten this far and people are just waking up to what is happening.

[@Sally-y8s]

Good interview

[@tommyjay9799]

We all need to be wearing a t shirt DEMOCRATIC!

[@dianneleon2522]

Love your channel! You always have a proactive show with interesting and informative guest. Thanks 💙💙💙💙

[@petersumpter1630]

It is illegal to make voters pay to vote. So if a voter must have photo ID, the state should provide one free of charge if they do not drive or shoot??

[@starsiegeRoks]

True. The current laws around funding the DMVs were created before the conspiracy that drove these voter ID laws even existed in the mainstream.

[@Blair1Collins]

Thank you for the interview and work you both do. :-)

[@joee855]

Go girl! Thankyou for all you do!👍💪🙏❤

[@eringo-bragh4243]

You cannot have small government without justice

[@rhonda5106]

Thankful for you ladies for the work you do for democracy and to educate the public it is very valuable❤

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

Thanks so much PG and Joanna! Great information!

[@hippodinoreserve6090]

At 28:00 - Arizona election deniers who are still on the ballot in 2024: Kari Lake (senate). Justin Heap(Maricopa county recorder), Abe Hamadeh(AZ-8th congress).

[@galemurphy9832]

I hope lawyers on the right have an idea of what can happen to their livelihood if they pull a Rudy!

[@SlavicChic3]

And we live in a republic. That’s why the Pledge of Allegiance says to the Republic for which it stands.

[@kevinp7056]

Iran, Russia and North Korea are also Republics.

[@DaveMcNeal-we2tt]

Why kick it to the house? An amendment needs to be in place that in the event that neither candidate gets the electoral votes, the popular vote applies. Makes no sense to kick it to the House when the data on the will of the majority is readily available. Let's get on that.

[@michelebella677]

Love, Christie Todd Whitman. She was my governor in New Jersey.

[@peterh5165]

Good Video! Please keep up the good work, and keep up the good fight for all of us.

[@JaneD-d7v]

i would like to know….if it’s “a faction” how do they get 40% of the votes in polls? I’m Australian and really afraid of what these extremists will do if they don’t get what they want. From the outside it looks like setting strong limits on political donations will be a very important reform to stop the super rich from trying to buy and own political power in your country.

[@skehleben7699]

Absolutely correct! We need campaign finance reform in the worst way and we need to clean up our judiciary.

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

Agree! Campaign finance reform, address the unethical practices of SCOTUS, and work to get rid of the antiquated electoral college to implement the popular vote (which is a much better representation of the leanings of the populous).

[@kathrynoreilly6064]

I do hope you can cover all angles, there is so much at risk

[@Mr22thou]

This is essential right now. I am seeing a lot of this reassuring information on independent news and information sites lately. I encourage everyone to share it with others and not rely on 'Legacy' or MSNM. More of us have given up on them. Thanks to Leigh and Joanna. I live in a safe state, yet know not all are. Voting is the easiest way to maintain our freedoms.

[@silasrobertshaw8122]

DonOld at a cookout is the real AI part.

[@WondersWhy]

Thank you for bringing her and her organizations to our attention. The Rachel Maddow coverage made it seem like we are doomed. I needed to know about this.

[@RobGenson]

Be sure to check with your county election board to make sure they haven't purged you from your right to vote every American voters be sure you are still a registered voter if not please register to vote they will be purging you from the voting register don't let them deny your voting rights be sure you are registered and on the voting register America needs more voters than we had in 2020 this needs to be such a huge voting pool that this election can't be denied or contested

[@darlenerobinson3711]

PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS-2024!!! VOTE BLUE!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@dianadickerson749]

Are the democrats ready for this? Preparing for it? Legal "beagles " on the first "response " team in every state? Hope so, including the postal service.

[@reginareed8798]

We need to all unite together as one, no matter what; cause there won't be a United States if Trump is elected again.

[@kimlallen639]

Harris 2024

[@zanagriffith7378]

Like, comment, and Share, Share, Share!

[@lauralafauve5520]

Yikes!

[@curiousbunny2573]

Are we ignoring the calls for recounts and straight up rejection of the election results in 2016?

[@TontonMacoute]

Pol Girl is a natural speaker and commentator. She and her guest Lydgate can fluently speak at length without “Ums, Ers, Like” , and few “Incredibly and You Knows”. Meanwhile both women are amazingly smart. Refreshing, and a reminder that such women are the harbinger of future political representation.

[@maynardjohnson3313]

"Flood the zone with bullshit."I think they said.

[@tg-ik5pf]

Vote Democrat Blue Up and Down the Ballot To Save Democracy.💯🗳️🇺🇲⚖️

[@dannyds7620]

Vote Kamala Harris / Tim Walz for the 47th President and Vice President of the US in 2024.🇺🇸💙🇺🇸VOTE BLUE🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@elaineisabelle427]

Plz vote Harris 2024 to save our country

[@francisco_m7849]

A very simple analogy I use in my head is how gears in a system works. You have moving parts in order to make a machine work if a group of people do not allow to put oil or grease into the gear system. It will slowly start to break down. It does not mean that the system doesn’t work. It means that you are not giving it what it needs to continue functioning and that’s what all these groups are trying to do. They’re not trying to break the system. They are trying to slow it down so you think oh this doesn’t workand that’s not true. It works. You just have to make sure people let the system work. Give it what it needs to keep the system moving.

[@michaelcomberiate2566]

What constitutes a valid ID when casting a vote? What type of potential fraud claims are we anticipating?

[@DirtDart1969]

If you were really concerned about voter integrity, Democrats would not fight so hard against voter ID laws. What is the issue with verifying that people voting have that right?

[@edmeadows926]

Just curious. Do they have a team of AI experts assisting them with threats?

[@BarbaraCarrier-ld9sr]

AZ lawmakers want women to go back to 1864 before AZ was a state before women had any rights. We won't go back. Register to vote, support and VOTE BLUE, I've been supporting my local & state candidates. VOTE BLUE to save our freedoms & our American democracy.

[@pts0721]

We need all fed. Offices BLUE in order to return the rule of law.

[@francisco_m7849]

It’s a very good point you make when you say the faith we have in the voting system because when it really comes down to it no matter what your religious background is as a human being. You want to have faith you want to trust that the system works to make you feel comfortable and safe and secure so systematicattack to lack of a better term break our faith in the system when the system itself works is very effective.

[@francisco_m7849]

I still believe that I’d rather have them learn each state learn rather than they have to tell them and force them with a national law or way of doing things I’d rather have each state have to learn and accept that another way is better

[@francisco_m7849]

The problem sometimes is as far as I see after 56 years on this planet is that when people try to break your faith in the system, you have to really hunker down and believe no the system works. I know it works because it has always worked throughout history, people or change or try to change the system, and they have to just say no

[@cad5017]

Ha ha! I’m first comment yes! 😊

[@MichaelHalter-yx7yp]

Help save democracy vote blue up and down the ballot we all have differences and reason more people work them out peacefully

[@AlfCalson]

🇺🇲🦅 KAMALA HARRIS for PRESIDENT 🥥🌴

[@sherryobar5750]

Blue 🌊 Harris 2024 Stay The Course!

[@billsayer1]

Trump’s new name; Donald Duck 🦆 because he is ducking the debate!

[@gothic_ace2037]

hey dont insult donald duck, unlike trump he actually is a veteran

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

@@gothic_ace2037good one!

[@Ocilia2729]

Need to go lookup Election deniayers very troubling.

[@cintraolson1904]

Does this organization work with Democracy Docket?

[@pecquet-dubalaix8288]

Protect Democracy ? We should want nothing to do with it.

[@Mercyfouranimals]

Care to explain yourself?

[@pecquet-dubalaix8288]

@@Mercyfouranimals Democracy causes Poverty and Serfdom to the people it robs and rules over. Just look at the inner cities throughout our nation. It always degenerates into a Dictatorship. As you fight for Democracy you will be voting for a Dictator.

[@pecquet-dubalaix8288]

@@Mercyfouranimals They took down my Reply to you. They don't want you hearing the truth.

[@jeffreycheng5984]

True The Vote. Dinesh D' Souza. 2,000 Mules. Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell.

[@the_great_zampano]

Dear upright "old style" GOP members. WHILE YOUR PARTY HAS LEFT YOU, VOTE BLUE !

[@francisco_m7849]

I personally do not want a national system for voting for now because that is for me contra to what I believe in, but I do believe in that if there’s a particular system that works better than another, which is more bi partisan that it would tend to work better or at least a form of it to adapt to make things more streamline.

[@Mercyfouranimals]

And so what exactly is it that you believe in I mean?

[@Gogas54]

Electoral college has to go. It’s not democratic and represents the will of the people.

[@dr.debbiewilliams]

i have experienced in previously elections, where there was tape placed over my name in the polling place once, so people could not vote for me, not because my ideas were offensive ( I was actually endorsed by the Daily News that time). I did not come across the border, and have actually never once left America, Another time, some people got so angry at an event, where I spoke, that they threatened both me and my sons (who were children). Frank Rizzo, Jr. had his driver take us home. Since then, my information was sort of scrubbed from the internet, or at the very least sent to the recesses of the internet in an effort to silence me. I am protected under the US Constitution, and have rights. The Constitution's Preamble I thought was a goal. They said, pay off your bills. I did. I am not wealthy, and am not trying to be mean, but people are under some mistaken impression that Republicans are all rich, or that every Politician is a fetid, selfish, mess. That also is not true. What happens when you pay your taxes, when you pay your bills, when you get set up? What happens when they try to make it seem as if you are walking around in masks committing crimes, you not only did not do, but know absolutely nothing about? What happens when the people who are committing the crimes are possibly being paid by the people trying to defame you, just because they have more power than you have? I certainly didn't put the tape over my name in the polling places. I certainly didn't erase my and my son's votes from the record? Maybe it is because it costs a lot of time and money to recount an election's results, that they find it easier to lie on me, than it is to be honest and say that a single Black woman, who is technically homeless ( since I do not own a home) can study Law, Medicine, Engineering and other areas of study without the use of drugs, alcohol or other stimulants to do, at least what the algorithms encouraged me to do, just to be sacrificed, because someone else does not believe that the Constitution protects me? I am repeating myself, not because I am trying to confuse anyone, but because if I am being publicly impeached, I may as well tell you what is going on. After having false charges placed on us. After false Police Reports were called in, I think you should know that it does happen, an it is not okay. I had my first Security Clearance as a child, when I worked for the US Attorney's Office. Now, This is neither a solicitation , not an invitation, I am completely at peace with Satan not wanting me, my children or my family. We are blessed and highly favored. I am not, nor have ever been The Whore Of Babylon. 05-22-2016 (later) through 07-30-31-2024 so far here in Philadelphia, PA so far, 05-16-2025 or whenever this stops . Phil called at 14:23 on January 11, 2017. I have neither seen nor heard from him in years. That was the last person I was with. The call was ten seconds long. I no longer have a Menstrual Cycle at all, and my Mammogram came back normal.This is neither a solicitation nor an invitation, this Is the truth. I am and have been completely abstinent for well over eight years here in Philadelphia PA USA over eight years, (with the exception of one day over all in early 2018 anywhere in the entire universe, not in Pennsylvania- Mill Basin), and never left America). My eldest son (who is diagnosed with a disability, but who I am teaching) is still a virgin (to my absolute very best knowledge) kzbin.infoBZzmcWyRdig?si=tTgBTnVLuM0YIk48 kzbin.infoQVlrFwRfyLs?si=BeuhPYTJoV4LA_A7 I don't know who took down the videos showing I don't have COVID 19 and replaced them with that other video, but I don't have COVID-19.

[@Savannah_Smiles_Sometimes]

I must admit I had a hard time following your post but for any mistreatment you have received, regardless of party, I am so sorry!

[@WriterRachel]

I don't understand why we still need to send a presidential election tie to the House instead of just choosing the candidate who wins the popular vote- a true democratic tiebreaker. Perhaps 200 years ago, before gerrymandering existed & we only traveled by horse or sea, sending a tie to the House made sense. Not anymore. Every vote should count & be counted - we must get rid of the Electoral College & empower the national popular vote. 💙💙💙 KAMALA HARRIS 2024! 💙💙💙

[@brendansparks1511]

Forward with Kamala, backwards with tRump.

[@stormriderkaos]

Biden better get the National Guard on alert October through January.

[@johngramer]

👍#68

[@LisaMurray-q6s]

Now the President could stay in the office. And come up with new rules and regulatsend for American people. Benefit the middle class

[@dinachannel2105]

The Dems are too silent. Surely, something could've been contested, and it's almost the 18th.