Today, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) released the following statement after today’s Hartford Courant report entitled “Senator claims CT elections not secure; 300 officials say otherwise” wherein Republican State Senator Rob Sampson attempted to undermine Connecticut’s democracy.
“Republican Senator Rob Sampson’s Trump-playbook, dishonest claim that voter fraud is occurring in various Connecticut cities and towns is a direct threat to our democracy. Falsely asserting there is widespread voter fraud in our state is nothing but a desperate attempt to sow doubt regarding the integrity of our elections. This Trumpian falsehood serves as a local version of national rumors and baseless accusations from the Republican party. It’s the same rhetoric that led to the events of January 6, 2021, and it’s the same rhetoric that’s been circulating nationally for months, well before any voter even cast a ballot, to lay seeds for another attempted overthrow of the American government.
“As the leaders of Connecticut’s State Senate, we have a duty to the General Assembly to defend our democratic representative government. We call on Senator Sampson to retract his statement and admit what every election official in the state knows as true: Connecticut’s 2024 election is free, fair, and secure.”
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