Daily News | Ex-Philly elections official Al Schmidt received a national honor from President Biden Friday
“He did his job faithfully. He did not bend, he did not bow, he did not yield to the political pressure,” Biden said. “He’s so trusted, by both political parties, that the new Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, appointed him as secretary of state of Pennsylvania to ensure the integrity of the election.”
Schmidt called the award “an incredible honor,” adding that he felt he was representing all manner of elections officials who faced similar pressure. “I’m a representative of so many election workers across our country, Democrats and Republicans alike, who make our democracy possible,” he said in an interview at the White House. “In a lot of ways there was nothing unique about my experience. Plenty of people experienced the same thing that I did in the 2020 election, regardless of where they were in the country, regardless of their party affiliation.
Schmidt and his colleagues on the Philadelphia City Commissioners came under intense pressure from Trump and his allies to stop counting legitimate votes after the 2020 election, but continued the process as Biden won Pennsylvania and the presidency.Michigan’s secretary of state during the 2020 election who resisted pressure from election deniers.the Arizona House speaker during the 2020 election who also faced pressure to overturn the results.
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