Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a new warning on Saturday about what a possible second term for former President Donald Trump might pose, saying that “what we saw in 2020” will “pale in comparison to what we are likely going to see in 2024.”
Amid the four-day Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday and will face off against Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, in November.
Nessel, a Democrat and the state’s first openly gay attorney general, took the stage on night three of the DNC as she gave a speech warning against a second Trump term and wished the conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court good luck prying “this wedding ring from my cold, dead, gay hand.”
In a Saturday interview appearance on MSNBC’s The Katie Phang Show, Nessel added to her Wednesday DNC remarks as Phang pointed out her speech “addressed the very real dangers” a second Trump presidency and the current Supreme Court pose.
“There’s no question about it. We have a very different [U.S. Supreme] Court now than we had when marriage equality became the law of the land in 2015. We’ve lost three judges who ruled in the majority on that case. And I think we can’t possibly overstate the importance of having Kamala Harris be the one who gets to nominate Supreme Court justices who actually care about protecting people’s freedoms, protecting their fundamental rights and who understand and supports due process and equal protection under the law,” Michigan’s attorney general said.
Newsweek has reached out to Nessel’s office and Trump campaign via email for comment.
Phang then asked, “How worried are you about Donald Trump and his allies trying to repeat what they attempted to do four years ago?” noting how Michigan is in the process of prosecuting fake electors who tried to subvert the state’s 2020 election results.
It comes after thousands of Trump supporters stormed the U.S Capitol building on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. The riot erupted following claims from Trump that the election had been stolen from him via widespread voter fraud. Despite there being no evidence to back up his claims, Trump’s allies have continued to spread the same claims.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks on stage at the Democratic National Convention on August 21 in Chicago. Nessel issued a new warning on Saturday about what a possible second term for former President Donald…
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks on stage at the Democratic National Convention on August 21 in Chicago. Nessel issued a new warning on Saturday about what a possible second term for former President Donald Trump might pose, saying that “what we saw in 2020” will “pale in comparison to what we are likely going to see in 2024.”
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“I think it is probably his number one strategy…I think that what we saw in 2020, it is going to pale in comparison to what we are likely going to see in 2024 and, again, it is not my job to decide winners or losers. It is my job to defend the will of the people, whatever that might be. But I can tell you this: if the will of the people here in Michigan is that they support Kamala Harris as our next president of the United States, it is going to be tough,” Nessel said.
She added: “I don’t think anybody should underestimate how hard we are going to have to fight to defend people’s votes against an effort by the Trump campaign to subvert democracy here in Michigan and likely in states all across the nation.”
Nessel announced felony charges against 16 Republicans “for their role in the alleged false electors scheme” in July 2023, accusing them of submitting false certificates that portrayed them as legitimate electors in the 2020 election, which saw Biden winning the state by more than 154,000 votes. Nessel has said all 16 people would face eight criminal charges, including forgery, conspiracy to commit election law forgery, and uttering and publishing. The top charges carry a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
More than a year later, the case still continues as preliminary examinations concluded earlier this month for six of the individuals charged with examinations for six others charged in the case that concluded in April.
According to the Detroit Free Press, after all preliminary exams are completed, district Judge Kristen Simmons is expected to rule on whether there is sufficient evidence to send 12 of the people charged to a jury trial. Meanwhile, three others will have preliminary hearings at future dates.
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