Keeping It Real: Nick Freitas on 2020 Election Trust, Fraud Claims & Reform

**Jillian Michaels** (0:01)
When elections feel messy, the fight is usually not just about votes. It's about trust, rules, culture, and who gets to shape the system itself.
Jillian Michaels recently sat down with Nick Freitas, the former Virginia State Delegate and Green Beret, and the conversation got pretty intense.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:21)
Yeah, Freitas opened up about his own 2020 congressional race in Virginia. He had a lead that got completely wiped out by a sudden batch of late-arriving votes.
He described this mislabeled thumb drive containing 15,000 votes in a heavily Democratic county.

**Jillian Michaels** (0:38)
That's a perfect example of what he was getting at. His point was pretty blunt. The rules may be legal, but that doesn't mean the process inspires trust.
When outcomes change that fast and accountability is thin, public confidence just collapses.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:55)
Right. And building on that, Freitas argues that expanded ballot drop boxes, universal mail-in voting, and removing voter ID requirements have created conditions where, in his words, it's easy to cheat and difficult to detect fraud.

**Jillian Michaels** (1:09)
What's interesting is the structural problem he identifies. When fraud is suspected, the same party that benefits from loose rules is often responsible for investigating them.
That creates a built-in conflict of interest.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:25)
He also addressed foreign interference claims, including concerns about China and voter data.
He doesn't claim proof of a single grand scheme, but he insists the risk is real enough to demand serious security measures. That's why he supports efforts like the SAVE Act.

**Jillian Michaels** (1:42)
On the culture war front, Freitas completely rejects the idea that progressive influences some tin hat fantasy. He describes it as a long-term strategy, almost like active measures built around universities, arts, media, and activist networks.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:00)
That's fascinating. His theory is that the right has focused on careers and family while the left invested in the institutions that shape public morality and public opinion.

**Jillian Michaels** (2:12)
The conversation also touched on Trump's birthright citizenship challenge.
Freitas says Trump didn't defy the Constitution, but used it to ask for a new interpretation and accepted the Supreme Court's final ruling. He draws a sharp line between that and what he sees as more dangerous, burying information or bending facts to achieve political ends.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:35)
So what's the takeaway here?

**Jillian Michaels** (2:37)
Freitas closes on a practical note. He argues voters need to pressure the specific lawmakers blocking reforms, not just complain about Washington in general.
In the end, he says people only control two primary things, how you vote and how you raise your children.