Arizona secretary of state calls threats against US elections officials ‘domestic terrorism’

Adrian Fontes made comments on NBC panel of elections officials from states whose voters could decide 2024 presidential election

The rising threats against US elections officials are a form of domestic terrorism, the secretary of state in presidential campaign battleground state Arizona has said.

“Terrorism is defined as a threat of violence for a political outcome,” Adrian Fontes said in remarks recorded for an NBC Meet the Press episode airing Sunday morning. “That’s what this is, and … we do have to address it for what it is.”