Joe Morelle

That's our operating principle.

And so from the very beginning, uh, we charged Joe Morelle, who's the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, working alongside Susan DelBene, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to make sure that we have the largest voter protection plan in place in modern American history.

And that's what we've done.

Working with Senate Democrats, the Democratic Governors Association, our attorney generals, including Tish James right here in New York State, the Democratic Secretaries of State, partnering with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, and civil society, including the good government groups, the civil liberties groups like the ACLU, of course, civil rights groups like the NAACP, organized labor, democracy protection groups, including the Brennan Center for Justice, uh, as well as the faith community all across the country.

Leader Jeffries established a task force on election integrity.

It's chaired by Congressman Joe Morelle on the House Administration Committee, and they have met with attorneys generals, they met with lawyers groups, with members of caucus, with, uh, nonprofits, with local and state election officials.

They've gamed out over 100 scenarios of voter suppression, and so the House Democratic Caucus is very aware of this and doing everything we can fight back.

My message to voters is just go fricking vote.

Seeking more than $18 million in damages.

So I sat down with Democratic Congressman, Joe Morelle, who was there on January 6th and is now co-sponsoring the No Rewards for Rioters Act.

Congressman.

Yeah.

And coming up, the Trump administration is continuing with its plan for a multi-million dollar expansion of an ICE detention center in New York State.

Democratic Congressman Joe Morelle visited the facility.

He'll join us next to discuss what he saw and the efforts to help families who've been detained.

Morning Joe will be right back.

It's a project that could potentially include tents or trailers, all or part of which is intended to house women in the facility that currently only holds men.

The news comes as the Buffalo Service Processing Center in Batavia already operates well over its 650-bed capacity.

Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Joe Morelle of New York.

The ICE facility in Batavia is not in his district, but he visited the site earlier this year and has been working with families detained there.

They've been critical in helping us imagine the many twists and turns Trump and his cronies could throw at us, and where gaps in our preparation could potentially exist, Schumer said in a statement to CNN.

New York Democratic Representative Joe Morelle, who's overseeing election prep efforts in the House, has outlined more than 150 possible threats that could occur on Election Day and beyond.

The congressman has also led House Democrats through hypothetical situations, including the possibility of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showing up at voting locations and social media influencers spreading misinformation suggesting that ele- election locations have been changed.

"We're working every day to make sure we're prepared," Morelle said.

This is to address election security.

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon and Representative Joe Morelle from New York are leading this hearing.

Representatives Madeleine Dean and Chrissy Houlahan are also there.

They're addressing what they say is President Trump and House Republicans' attempts to take over upcoming elections.

Uh, Judge Luttig's, uh, article, uh, the Substack, uh, that he wrote I think is prescient, and I certainly don't disagree with some of the scenarios that he potentially outlined in terms of, you know, kind of more nefarious forces trying to interrupt the certification of, uh, the results of a free and fair election.

What I would tell you is that there are a group of very, uh, talented, thoughtful lawmakers, uh, Jamie Raskin, Joe Morelle, others, uh, engaged, uh, in, you know, uh, the necessary scenario planning and, you know, potential prophylactic steps that could be taken i- in the wa- in the wake of the election, in the weeks after the election if those types of nefarious scenarios that Judge Luttig-

Mm-hmm

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