Good morning. It is Saturday, November the 5th. I'm Ali Velshi. There are only three days left of the 2020

midterms, set to be one of the most important and consequential elections in modern history.

Not only is control of both chambers of Congress up for grabs, but the integrity of future elections will be decided by a number of key races this year.

That's because the majority of Republicans running for Congress and statewide office,

291 of them, according to the Washington Post,

have either questioned or flat out lied about the legitimacy of the results of the 2020 elections,

and many of them are likely to win. Those candidates are largely sycophants of the twice-impeached

insurrectionist ex-president Donald Trump, who've either been deluded by his big lie about a stolen

election that never happened, or simply repeat the big lie for their own political

benefit. It's a dangerous lie that has already led to an insurrection at the seat of our government,

and ahead of this year's midterm elections, election officials and poll workers are bracing

for tensions on voting day. In Milwaukee, a city, when the battleground state of Wisconsin,

officials have set up a

direct line with local law enforcement to ensure that officers can quickly respond to any reports

of disturbances at polling sites. Federal agencies are on alert, too, a bulletin jointly released

last week by the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Capitol Police, and the National

Counterterrorism Center warns, quote, perceptions of election relations. by the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Capitol Police, and the National

Counterterrorism Center warns, quote, perceptions of election-related fraud and dissatisfaction

with electoral outcomes likely will result in heightened threats of violence, end quote.

Meanwhile, concerns about political intimidation have already arisen and been taken to court in Arizona,

where unauthorized people like this have shown up at ballot box locations, sometimes armed and masked,

wearing body armor, waiting for non-existent mules, which is an expression describing people

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