'I was shocked': 87-year-old Democrat volunteer's home raided in Texas | Cuomo

>> YOU GUYS ARE BLOWING UP MY PHONE. WAIT WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS. GOOD. I'M GLAD YOU'RE INTERESTED BECAUSE I'M DOING ANOTHER BLOCK ON IT. SO TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, OKAY. HE HAS ELECTION INTEGRITY UNIT GOOD, BUT IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU DO. IT RIGHT. A SERIES OF PRE-DAWN RAIDS LAST WEEK. LAST WEEK. OKAY. WHERE IN AUGUST, OKAY. THERE'S WHAT WHAT VOTING? YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING SO. WHAT IS HE DOING? WHO'S THE TARGETING ELDERLY LATINO DEMOCRATIC VOLUNTEERS AND MULTIPLE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS. WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALLEGATIONS AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE PROOF THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SCHEME. 2 BALLOT HARVEST. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? PEOPLE WHO GO IN AND MANIPULATE BALANCE FILM OUT FOR PEOPLE, COLLECT AND BASICALLY MANUFACTURE VOTES BY DUPING PEOPLE. OKAY. AND THEY BELIEVE IT WAS HAPPENING YOU KNOW WHAT? A SERIOUS ELECTION DOWN THERE. AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST LATINO POPULATIONS IN ALSO GET SERVICE BY ONE OF THE LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS. LOCK. OKAY. AND THEY SAY PAXTON IS DOING THIS TO INTIMIDATE. LATINO VOTERS WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION. NOW, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS TARGETED AND THIS IS WHAT KIND OF PIECEMEAL. 87 YEAR-OLD GREAT GRANDMOTHER. NOW AGAIN SHOOTING AT A PHONE CALL. SHE DIDN'T ASK TO COME COME IN WITH COUNSEL. THIS WAS A RAID ON HER, OK? AND SHE'S BEEN A VOLUNTEER TO REGISTER NEW VOTERS FOR 36 YEARS. LYDIA MARTINEZ JOINS US NOW. IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU. YOUNG LADY. I'M SORRY. IT IS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I'M GLAD TO GIVE YOU THE PLATFORM. LENNY, LET'S GET THE MAIN PART OUT OF THE WAY ARE YOU HERE TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN BREAKING THE LAW FOR 36 YEARS, IF NOT RECENTLY BALLOT HARVESTING THAT WARREN'S KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. THIS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE ON FIELD ANY OF THAT. >> AN OLD WOMAN, RETIRED FROM FOR COLLEGES. >> AND ALL I LIKE. >> AND AFTER I RETIRED, I FOUND THAT THE SENIORS, I'M ALSO A COMMANDER WITH THE AMERICA LEGION. AND I FOUND A LOLOT OF THE VETERANS THAT ARE ON WHEELCHAIRS AND THEY CANNOT GET OUT AND VOTE. SO ALL I DO IS TAKE ON THE APPLICATION TO VOTE BY MAIL. AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM THEY CAN WRITE. AND THEY EXPLAIN TO THEM EXACTLY HOW TO FILL A MOB. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING AND THEY GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND EXPLAINED IT TO HIM. I LEAVE IT THERE. THEN IT IS ENTIRELY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT HIS SMP ON IT AND MAIL IT. I BELIEVE I TELL THEM, YOU FOR THE BALLOT AGAIN. NO, SIR. I BET I I DO THIS AT THIS END. THERE'S NOBODY. THERE'S NOBODY RUNNING. NO, NO, NOBODY IN NOBODY RUNNING. I JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT TY HAVE IT READY. EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT I SENIOR CENTERS. FOR THEM TO COME HERE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE. WHOA. FOR THEM TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE. WHAT HAPPENED? I I I GET UP EARLY TO GO WATER, MY PLANTS OUTSIDE. I HAVE A LOT OF FLOWERS. SO I GOT UP 6 O'CLOCK IN THE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO 6. AND I WASH MY FACE, BRUSH MY TEETH. AND AND I TAKE MEDICATION. I I HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THE DAY BEFORE N MONDAY. THE 19TH AND I TOOK MY MEDICATION AND THERE WAS SOME KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. THE DOORBELL RANG. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. BUT TRYING TO BORROW SOMETHING AND IN MY NIGHTGOWN, I WENT TO THE DOOR THINKING IS MY NEIGHBOR. AND THERE THEY PUSH DOOR AND 9. OFFICERS FROM DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSHED IN AND GAVE ME A SEARCH WARRANT. AND THEY THEY CAME IN AND THEY TELL ME TO SET DOWN OR I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA 2 OF THEM, WENT INTO MY BEDROOM AND STARTED SEARCHING GOING THROUGH MY BEDROOM AND THAT WHOLE ROOM. >> I'M I'M IN MY NIGHT GUN DID ME GET DRESSED. THEY TOLD ME NO. >> THEY HAVE 2 FEMALE AND AND 7 MEN. THEY WOULD NOT. ME GET DRESSED. AND THEY SAID ME HERE FOR 2 HOURS. QUESTION IN ME. IT'S THE PROCEDURE AND OF THE MAIL BALLOT AND EXACTLY WHAT I DO. THEY NEVER READ ME MY MIRANDA RIGHTS ANDNEVER TOLD ME THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO ANSWER. I WAS SO NERVOUS AND IN SHOCK BY THIS. I DIDN'T THINK BECAUSE I KNOW BETTER. I KNOW THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO ANSWER. BUT I DIDN'T THINK SO. I STARTED ANSWERING ALL THEIR QUESTIONS. I EXPLAIN TO THEM EXACTLY WHAT I DO. I GO TO THE SENIOR CENTERS. I CALLED BENGAL FOR THE FOR THE SENIORS. DON'T THEY WHATEVER WHATEVER THEY DECIDE I CUPCAKES ARE OKAY. AND I CALLED THE BAND GOING INDIA AND NEED. THEY NEED OF AN APPLICATIONS TOO LOW. HEY LAST MADE. THEY KNOW ME BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND DUMPED UP. MY VOTER REGISTRATION IS EXPIRED AND I WILL GIVE IT TO THEM AND