Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Wednesday slammed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court against her state and three others as a publicity stunt and compared the continuing cases filed in connection with the election to a "Friday the 13th movie."
'These four states have already handled dozens and dozens of cases filed by the Trump campaign or by his supporters," Nessel said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "They have been unsuccessful each and every time."
The post-election process has been like the horror flick, she added, because no matter how many times the movie's killer Jason is attacked, "he won't stay down. That is what this feels like, but unfortunately, it's an incredible waste of state resources for all of our states. These are ridiculous claims.
"But the claims continue to erode faith in the electoral system, and that is the "real damaging and lasting element of this," said Nessel.
If Paxton's lawsuit does succeed against Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia, that could also disenfranchise more than 21 million votes, Nessel added.
"The Texas AG is seeking to overthrow the will of the voters in four other states that he certainly does not represent," said Nessel. "Everything about this lawsuit is egregious and disturbing. At the same time, we have to take it seriously from the perspective of the lasting damage that it's doing to our democracy."
She also called on President Donald Trump to do "the decent thing" and concede the election, in the wake of growing violence and discord over the election after Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said armed protesters gathered at her house over the weekend.
"It's not only dangerous in the way it's eroding people's confidence in our electoral system, but it's posing a safety risk to those who administer our elections, like our secretary of state," said Nessel. "I think at that point his allies, his supporters, his sycophants would then follow suit and we wouldn't see more of this. If he were to say this is a full, fair, free, and accurate election, all of this would literally end tomorrow."
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