CNN's Sciutto stunned after election registrar compares violent threats to his experience in combat

Appearing on CNN to discuss the challenges to being an election official in the wake of Donald Trump's false claims about election fraud, a Virginia voter registrar stunned host Jim Sciutto by stating that the violent threats he has received reminded him of being in combat.

According to Scott Konopasek, General Registrar for Fairfax County, he has received so many threats that he has involved the police and the FBI.

He then mentioned his time in the military.

"Actually, just a half an hour ago I was on a daily coordination call with the Fairfax County police liaison and a couple of police commanders," he told the CNN host. "We've been in contact and coordinated with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security."

"I'm a former military guy, and I just do my job and I don't let the threats or the potential danger get in the way," he added. "But it's unfortunate that I can draw comparisons to my current experience to my combat experience when I was in the army."

"Goodness," the CNN host cut in. "You're saying that sort of -- it feels like a similar threat to some degree?"

"Yeah," the Virginia election official replied. 'The uncertainty, the fear for your safety, do you change what you do, or do what you've been trained and prepared to do. Do you execute the plan of the election that has been prepared with your team as being implemented? Or do you respond out of some kind of fear to the noise and things that are going on around?"

"So that's kind of the comparison that I'm making, is that, you know, you still have to do your duty," he added.

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