Transcript (en)

We gave California a list of 20,000 non-citizens that we know have received ballots. That is not suspicion. That is a high degree of confidence based on our records. The question now is, what is California going to do with that information? Are they going to count those ballots, or are they going to sequester them as we've required, or are asking them to do? And they have a big decision to make, because if they count them knowing they're not citizens, California is violating federal law. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE. WE HAVE TO BE DONE. SO, GAVIN NEWSOM'S OFFICE, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IS TAKING A SWING AT YOU. THEY POSTED THIS ON X. THEY SAID, QUOTE, CALIFORNIA ADHERS TO FEDERAL LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS IN THE 1990s, C52 U.S.C. 205-04, SECTION C-2, SECTION 5 OF THE NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT. MAY WANT TO BRUSH UP ON YOUR ELECTION LAW BEFORE TWEETING. IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO PREVENT DUPLICATE REGISTRATIONS AND ENABLE STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO ASSESS THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT. SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT IN THEIR AUTHORITY TO GO FURTHER UNDER U.S. LAW AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION. ARE THEY RIGHT? THEY'RE CONFLATING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ADD TO THEIR VOTER ROLES AND THEY ARE CORRECT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT A LIST OF NONCITIZENS ON YOUR VOTER ROLES. WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES YOU A LIST, GIVES YOU EVIDENCE OF NONCITIZENS ON YOUR VOTER ROLES, A SEPARATE LAW COMES TO AN EFFECT. IT'S 18 U.S.C. 611 WHICH SAYS IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR NONCITIZENS TO VOTE. SO NOW WHEN CALIFORNIA HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF NONCITIZENS IN THEIR VOTER ROLES, IF THEY HELP THEM VOTE, THEY ARE AIDING AND ABETTING A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. YOU CAN'T COUNT THEIR BALLOTS. YOU CAN'T COUNT THEIR BALLOTS. TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. RIGHT. OKAY.