{"id":1121792,"date":"2021-12-15T13:44:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121792"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:44:46","slug":"cnn-host-holding-elections-threatens-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-host-holding-elections-threatens-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Host: Holding Elections Threatens Our Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-host-holding-elections-threatens-our-democracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A CNN host is concerned that letting Americans vote for a state-wide office threatens democracy, and is flogging Republicans for suggesting that the office be elected after it spent years ignoring George Soros\u2019 attempt to control it.<\/p>\n<p>Filling in Tuesday night for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomo-out-at-siriusxm-radio-show\">recently fired Chris Cuomo<\/a> on the abruptly renamed \u201cCNN Prime Time,\u201d guest host Michael Smerconish twice warned that Trump voters in his home state have launched a dark conspiracy to overturn elections by having a statewide officeholder elected by the people instead of appointed by the governor.<\/p>\n<p>And despite his concern over Republicans running for the office of secretary of state, which oversees election laws in each respective state, CNN apparently never mentioned the most concerted effort to capture this office: George Soros\u2019 \u201cSecretary of State Project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Smerconish brought the subject up during the now-abbreviated handoff with Don Lemon at 10 p.m., after Lemon said he questioned the integrity of people who support election integrity. \u201cI\u2019m not sure if that really matters if they want to believe [in voter fraud] or they actually do believe it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, they are taking action on it,\u201d replied Smerconish. He said the fact that a sizable percentage of Republicans\u2019 constituents harbor doubts about the 2020 election \u201cgives them the power to go in a state like Pennsylvania and say, \u2018You know that secretary of state position? Let\u2019s make it an elected gig, instead of an appointed job.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smerconish did not explain how holding more elections would thwart the democratic process. He had raised the topic earlier in the show with David Leonhardt of The New York Times. Leonhardt warned that Republicans are seeking ways \u201cto make it easier \u2026 for them to overturn an election result after it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, my home state, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, there\u2019s a move afoot to make the Secretary of State, an elected official,\u201d said Smerconish. \u201cThat\u2019s what you\u2019re talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201c replied Leonhardt, although he immediately walked his statement back, noting \u201cthe mere fact of making the Secretary of State an elected position is not in itself threatening to democracy. There are many places where it is an elected position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voters democratically elect the secretary of state in <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Secretary_of_State_(state_executive_office)\">35 states<\/a>, including California, Massachusetts, and Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>Leonhardt also said that limiting mail-in balloting is not a \u201cradical\u201d stance, and that assuring ballot integrity by passing voter ID laws is \u201ca legitimate thing for the government to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the CNN host\u2019s concern over the partisan leanings of state election officials, the network seems to have dedicated no coverage whatever to George Soros\u2019 campaign to elect Democrat-friendly candidates as secretary of state in swing states.<\/p>\n<p>After the narrow 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, a coalition of left-wing donors known as the Democracy Alliance, including George Soros, began a 527 group called the Secretary of State Project (or SoS Project) aimed at electing progressives as the top election officials in states the Republican candidate won by less than 120,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats have built an administrative firewall designed to protect their electoral interests in five of the most important battleground states,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2008\/11\/secretaries-of-state-give-dem-firewall-015105\">reported<\/a> Politico in a story about the SoS Project just before the 2008 election. \u201cThe bulwark consists of control of secretary of state offices in five key states&nbsp;\u2014 Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a Democrat now in charge of the offices, which oversee and administer their state\u2019s elections, the party is better positioned than in the previous elections to advance traditional Democratic interests \u2026 rather than Republican priorities such as stamping out voter fraud,\u201d Politico noted.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the group\u2019s financial might and stated intention of controlling election law in swing states for partisan advantage, CNN appears not to have covered the Secretary of State Project a single time.<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive search of the network\u2019s transcripts, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=%22secretary+of+state+project%22+site%3Acnn.com&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">Google search<\/a> of its website, for stories on the topic yielded no results.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CNN host is concerned that letting Americans vote for a state-wide office threatens democracy, and is flogging Republicans for suggesting that the office be elected after it spent years ignoring George Soros\u2019 attempt to control it.Filling in Tuesday night for the recently fired Chris Cuomo on the abruptly renamed \u201cCNN Prime Time,\u201d guest host Michael Smerconish twice warned that Trump voters in his home state have launched a dark conspiracy to overturn elections by having a statewide officeholder elected by the people instead of appointed by the governor.And despite his concern over Republicans running for the office of secretary of state, which oversees election laws in each respective state, CNN apparently never mentioned the most concerted effort to capture this office: George Soros\u2019 \u201cSecretary of State Project.\u201dMichael Smerconish brought the subject up during the now-abbreviated handoff with Don Lemon at 10 p.m., after Lemon said he questioned the integrity of people who support election integrity. \u201cI\u2019m not sure if that really matters if they want to believe [in voter fraud] or they actually do believe it,\u201d he said.\u201cWell, they are taking action on it,\u201d replied Smerconish. He said the fact that a sizable percentage of Republicans\u2019 constituents harbor doubts about the 2020 election \u201cgives them the power to go in a state like Pennsylvania and say, \u2018You know that secretary of state position? Let\u2019s make it an elected gig, instead of an appointed job.\u2019\u201dSmerconish did not explain how holding more elections would thwart the democratic process. He had raised the topic earlier in the show with David Leonhardt of The New York Times. Leonhardt warned that Republicans are seeking ways \u201cto make it easier \u2026 for them to overturn an election result after it happens.\u201d\u201cFor example, my home state, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, there\u2019s a move afoot to make the Secretary of State, an elected official,\u201d said Smerconish. \u201cThat\u2019s what you\u2019re talking about?\u201d\u201cYes,\u201c replied Leonhardt, although he immediately walked his statement back, noting \u201cthe mere fact of making the Secretary of State an elected position is not in itself threatening to democracy. There are many places where it is an elected position.\u201dVoters democratically elect the secretary of state in 35 states, including California, Massachusetts, and Vermont.Leonhardt also said that limiting mail-in balloting is not a \u201cradical\u201d stance, and that assuring ballot integrity by passing voter ID laws is \u201ca legitimate thing for the government to do.\u201dDespite the CNN host\u2019s concern over the partisan leanings of state election officials, the network seems to have dedicated no coverage whatever to George Soros\u2019 campaign to elect Democrat-friendly candidates as secretary of state in swing states.After the narrow 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, a coalition of left-wing donors known as the Democracy Alliance, including George Soros, began a 527 group called the Secretary of State Project (or SoS Project) aimed at electing progressives as the top election officials in states the Republican candidate won by less than 120,000 votes.\u201cDemocrats have built an administrative firewall designed to protect their electoral interests in five of the most important battleground states,\u201d reported Politico in a story about the SoS Project just before the 2008 election. \u201cThe bulwark consists of control of secretary of state offices in five key states\u00a0\u2014 Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio.\u201d\u201cWith a Democrat now in charge of the offices, which oversee and administer their state\u2019s elections, the party is better positioned than in the previous elections to advance traditional Democratic interests \u2026 rather than Republican priorities such as stamping out voter fraud,\u201d Politico noted.Despite the group\u2019s financial might and stated intention of controlling election law in swing states for partisan advantage, CNN appears not to have covered the Secretary of State Project a single time.A comprehensive search of the network\u2019s transcripts, and a Google search of its website, for stories on the topic yielded no results.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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