Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined other Democratic AGs to draw attention to actions they say are threatening voting rights.
Ford spoke during a joint Zoom call with attorney generals from Wisconsin, Delaware and Colorado who all highlighted what they consider “continued attempts to undermine election results,” led by Republicans who continue to repeat false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.
The press call came the day before the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building as lawmakers were starting to certify Democrat Joe Biden as the official winner of the 2020 election.
Ford said addressing threats to voting rights on the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol is necessary to protect future elections.
“We need to keep in the forefront of our minds that this attack was one on the very essence of who we are as a country,” he said.
Ford lamented the loss of five Capitol Police officers — one who died during the riot and another four who later died by suicide — as well as the 150 officers who were injured when Trump supporters clashed with police.
Threats to democratic elections by right-wing extremists started long before the attack on Jan. 6, said Ford, but those threats have only grown in the last year.
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