Rigging North Carolina | Stolen Ballots

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4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Leslie McCrae Dowless is a Republican consultant desperate to win. So he did what no one would do: he stole ballots for GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris, creating a scandal in North Carolina's 9th district and one of the biggest election fraud cases in American politics. Shaniqua McClendon, North Carolina native and Crooked's Political Director, speaks with Joe Bruno, the local reporter who broke the story, to walk us through exactly what happened and why it matters.

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0:00.0	Did y'all know that next month on September 10th, one of the most closely watched races
0:09.7	of the 2018 midterms will finally come to a close.
0:13.6	An election that will set the tone for many of the upcoming races in 2020.
0:17.3	It's in North Carolina's ninth district between Democrat Damacredi and Republican
0:21.2	Dam Bishop.
0:22.2	Democratic Damacredi is a Marine Corps veteran and a small business owner running on lowering
0:25.9	healthcare costs, strengthening our public schools, and cutting taxes for the middle class.
0:30.7	His opponent, Dam Bishop, who characterizes himself as the right Dan is, well, I'll
0:36.2	just let him tell you himself.
0:38.0	I'm Dam Bishop.
0:39.6	There are two dams in this election.
0:41.2	I'm the right Dan.
0:42.2	He's the wrong Dan.
0:44.0	I'm conservative Dan.
0:45.8	Pro life, pro gun, pro wall.
0:48.7	The dam who stands strong on principle.
0:51.3	Wrong Dan, you'll fall right in line with his friends.
0:54.7	Socialists, radicals, they hate the values that make America great.
0:59.6	I'm Dan Bishop.
1:01.0	I approve this message because I'm the right Dan.
1:03.8	And wrong Dan won't stand up for you.
1:06.9	So I do voters even have to choose between the two dams.
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