Skye Perryman, president and CEO of the watchdog group Democracy Forward, joins Morning Joe to discuss new reporting on how DHS and ICE are trying to prevent eligible voters from exercising their rights. She tells Mika the Trump administration is trying to “scare and intimidate voters” by obtaining over 48 million records in an effort to investigate unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
Skye Perryman, president and CEO of the watchdog group Democracy Forward, joins Morning Joe to discuss new reporting on how DHS and ICE are trying to prevent eligible voters from exercising their rights. Democracy Forward obtained records from the Department of Homeland Security, ICE and Homeland Security Investigations that the group claims show how the criminal investigative arm of the agency is using government power to silence eligible voters and block access to the ballot after obtaining over 48 million voter records to investigate alleged fraud. The Morning Joe panel discusses the fallout from the report with the midterm elections approaching.
Officials in California denounced comments made by President Donald Trump as “dangerous” after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego — major cities in a state he has often criticized. Speaking at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, ahead of the midterm elections, Trump once again called the consequences of the war with Iran a “small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe,” adding that Iran could potentially take out an American city. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins has more and CNN’s Anderson Cooper gets reactions from Republican strategist David Urban and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. 0:00 Anderson Cooper details recent instances of Trump being “loose with his language”…
The Polk County Sheriff's Office released new video of the fatal collision between a school bus and a car that left a 10th grade student and a driver dead in Winter Haven, Florida, on Monday.