Trump calls for 'major investigation' into voter fraud
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump called on Wednesday for "a major investigation" into voter fraud, following criticism his administration faced for comments the President made earlier this week alleging millions of illegal votes during the general election, without citing any evidence.
"I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and ... even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures!" Trump wrote in two consecutive tweets.
Trump's comments on voter fraud came Monday during a meeting with congressional leaders. On Tuesday, Trump's press secretary vigorously defended Trump's statement about illegal voters, though neither Trump nor his surrogates could provide evidence that any substantial illegal voting had occurred or influence the popular vote.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-voter-fraud/index.html?adkey=bn
Let me guess: there's going to be an "investigation" and it will find exactly what Drumpf wants it to find, and Drumpf will then use it as justification for even more vote suppression tactics. This is going to get very ugly.
jpak
(41,758 posts)n/t
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)I could hear the delivery in my head, but couldn't remember where.
TexasTowelie
(112,347 posts)is reaffirming my decision not to join Twitter.
Laurian
(2,593 posts)He is using federal resources just to assuage his hurt feelings every time he's criticized for his inane tweets, i.e. Feds to Chicago, now this!
I feel like I'm losing my mind.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)How Republican is that?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)maxrandb
(15,345 posts)you know, like; "awwww, poor little Snowflake needs a safe space"...stuff like that.
I actually have changed how I address Trump to "President Snowflake", because if anyone truly needs a safe space where his "widdle feelings" won't get hurt, it's Trump.
Sometimes though I prefer the Mob name I came up with for him; "Donny Short Fingers".
President Snowflake does kind of "throw it right back in the face of the T-Baggers" (that alliteration was intentional, BTW)
I guess I'll just have to observe which nickname he hates the most and stick with that.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)I use whatever seems handy, e.g. if the issue is Russia he's Trumputin and if it's lying he's Pres. Con, Don the Con, etc.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)This is exactly the Republican way.
hurple
(1,306 posts)Oh, wait... we were.
MaeScott
(878 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,433 posts)EVERY statement Trumpy makes is a lie. He lies first, then lies again to support his first lie. His whole team mirrors his policy. And it IS a policy.
Longtime lurker 99
(88 posts)Trump wants to send the Feds into Chicago and make it harder to vote. But Obama wanted to away your freedom by giving you healthcare.
CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)Longtime lurker 99
(88 posts)This actually plays into their racism and hate. To them, these actions don't affect them. He is going after the "blacks" and "Mexicans"
JudyM
(29,263 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)He said he KNOWS 'Idiot' is watching the show right now. He said they are scheduled to meet soon, so he wants to talk to him about voter suppression tactics that the Republicans have enacted. He said he was up all night thinking about it and he's very troubled and very passionate about this issue.
Later, on CNN, Senator Ron Wyden (D) Oregon, urged ALL the States to enact Oregon's system of Vote By Mail! He said it's a great, safe way to vote and has a verifiable paper trail that's worked for a decade!
JudyM
(29,263 posts)about it!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)and I can't say that about all the Dems
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)from ongoing embarrassment of this rediculousness. It's good to have the FBI in your pocket.
Yonnie3
(17,462 posts)from the wrath of the people.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)Hopefully, Trump's egotistical temper will open the door to deal with the REAL voter issues.
His "investigation" will report what he and his cronies want it to report. This is another authoritarian move.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)with a paper ballot!
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Stick it in your ass, you tubby bald orange nazi.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)voter ID laws, disenfranchisement of the formerly incarcerated, and local malfeasance deprive citizens of the right to vote?
tecelote
(5,122 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)we can both make some calls. I hope others will do the same.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)of how he "won" illegally via voter suppression, Russian hacking and more
wordpix
(18,652 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)the press and everyone else the evidence he CLAIMS to have that supports his idiotic theory. The press and Democrats in congress should demand it every single day for the next 4 years. Find out where he's getting his bogus information.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)It's time the press not only calls him a liar but exposes just who has his ear. One conspiracy whacko after another.
riversedge
(70,273 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)These just aren't right leaning sites. They're conspiracy central where 9/11 was an inside job and over 20 children weren't massacred in Sandy Hook.
riversedge
(70,273 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,154 posts)On Tuesday, we saw Crosscheck elect a Republican Senate and as President, Donald Trump. The electoral putsch was aided by nine other methods of attacking the right to vote of Black, Latino and Asian-American voters, methods detailed in my book and film, including Caging, purging, blocking legitimate registrations, and wrongly shunting millions to provisional ballots that will never be counted.
Trump signaled the use of Crosscheck when he claimed the election is rigged because people are voting many, many times. His operative Kobach, who also advised Trump on building a wall on the southern border, devised a list of 7.2 million potential double voters1.1 million of which were removed from the voter rolls by Tuesday. The list is loaded overwhelmingly with voters of color and the poor. Here's a sample of the list
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)We need a full investigation on how millions were purged from voter roles right before the election. People who stood in line for hours only to be given a provisional ballot that was later thrown in the garbage bin.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)like 50 millions
Vinca
(50,300 posts)doesn't mean the dead people vote. They will say just the presence of the name is proof of fraud.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)by the guy they keep referring to from Pew. He was on CNN last night and said yes, the record keeping is abysmal but they had NO EVIDENCE ANYONE OF THESE PEOPLE VOTED. He looked pretty furious his work was being manipulated by the degenerate to say exactly what it doesn't say.
Botany
(70,553 posts)Trump is projecting again because he knows he got in by cheating.
http://www.gregpalast.com/election-stolen-heres/
"I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in
two states, ... "
The Election was Stolen Heres How
Friday, November 11, 2016
Before a single vote was cast, the election was fixed by GOP and Trump operatives.
Starting in 2013 just as the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act a coterie of Trump operatives, under the direction of Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, created a system to purge 1.1 million Americans of color from the voter rolls of GOPcontrolled states.
The system, called Crosscheck, is detailed in my Rolling Stone report,
The GOPs Stealth War on Voters, 8/24/2016.
Crosscheck in action:
Trump victory margin in Michigan: 13,107
Michigan Crosscheck purge list: 449,922
Trump victory margin in Arizona: 85,257
Arizona Crosscheck purge list: 270,824
Trump victory margin in North Carolina: 177,008
North Carolina Crosscheck purge list: 589,393
On Tuesday, we saw Crosscheck elect a Republican Senate and as President, Donald Trump. The electoral putsch was aided by nine other methods of attacking the right to vote of Black, Latino and Asian-American voters, methods detailed in my book and film, including Caging, purging, blocking legitimate registrations, and wrongly shunting millions to provisional ballots that will never be counted.
Trump signaled the use of Crosscheck when he claimed the election is rigged because people are voting many, many times. His operative Kobach, who also advised Trump on building a wall on the southern border, devised a list of 7.2 million potential double voters1.1 million of which were removed from the voter rolls by Tuesday. The list is loaded overwhelmingly with voters of color and the poor. Here's a sample of the list
wordpix
(18,652 posts)and Greg Palast giving info to Dem prosecutors
riversedge
(70,273 posts)Taxpayers going to pay for this bogus investigation?? Where is the Russian investigation related to meddling into our election??
Spicer did not say specifically which studies the President was using to support his claim of 3 to 5 million illegally cast votes, but a 2014 study by Jesse Richman and David Earnest found more than 14% of non-citizens in 2008 and 2010 "indicated that they were registered to vote." Only US citizens can vote in federal elections.
However, Brian Schaffner, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts, told CNN on Tuesday that his study that is apparently being cited by the White House was misinterpreted and did not support the administration's claims.
A number of studies have also found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
The Truth About Voter Fraud, a report written by experts at The Brennan Center for Justice, found voter fraud rates were between 0.00004% and 0.0009%.
Trump himself -- through his lawyers -- have also argued that there was no evidence of voter fraud in the 2016 election. In a court filing objecting to Green Party candidate Jill Stein's Michigan recount petition, lawyers for the president wrote, "All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-voter-fraud/index.html?adkey=bn
milestogo
(16,829 posts)starting in Wisconsin.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,347 posts)Lt. Maryk: Now? At one o'clock in the morning?
Whittaker: Yes, sir.
Lt. Maryk: Do you know what it's about?
Whittaker: Yes, sir - strawberries.
...
Captain Queeg: Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I'd have produced that key if they hadn't of pulled the Caine out of action. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046816/quotes
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)"Yes. It was 'Old Orange Stain'."
Javaman
(62,532 posts)those "investigating".
it just one more of the right wing cottage industries of hate.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)wasted
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Russian hacking and Comey are part of the fraud investigation
riversedge
(70,273 posts)Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 50m50 minutes ago
even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures!
5,649 replies 4,720 retweets 20,318 likes
Link to tweet
Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 54m54 minutes ago
I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....
7,749 replies 6,226 retweets 23,669 likes
Link to tweet
Emma Kennedy ?@EmmaKennedy 55m55 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump If youre so convinced 3-5 million people voted illegally, there should be another election, shouldnt there?
299 replies 570 retweets 3,068 likes
Jordan Uhl ?@JordanUhl 52m52 minutes ago
@EmmaKennedy Yep, let's just vote again to make sure!
35 replies 84 retweets 1,212 likes
DocDurdin ?@DocDurdin 7m7 minutes ago
@JordanUhl @EmmaKennedy Have you seen your Analcoligist lately?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Emma Kennedy ?@EmmaKennedy 5m5 minutes ago
@DocDurdin @JordanUhl Analcoligist So sorry. I didnt realise you were a 9 year old.
0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Charles Johnson ?@Green_Footballs 30m30 minutes ago
Charles Johnson Retweeted Donald J. Trump
If you really believe voter fraud is rampant, you should step down and call for a new election. @realDonaldTrump
Charles Johnson added,
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....
23 replies 234 retweets 489 likes
Charles Johnson ?@Green_Footballs 29m29 minutes ago
But you wont, because this is nothing but more dishonest theatrics for your delusional followers. @realDonaldTrump
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)Lots of people are registered in two states or even two counties because they moved.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)It obviously doesn't mean they voted after they died. I guess he wants to lock up the dead? Is he going to dig them up and put them in jail?
MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)I don't think the feds have much control over how states run their elections. Unless he wants to shovel a bunch of money to the states to "fix" things.
TommyCelt
(838 posts)Drumpf cannot let this out of his teeth.
It's not enough he's President; he has to have someone tell him he overwhelmingly took the popular vote. This isn't funny anymore (if it ever was). This is a dangerous narcissist occupying the White House.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,601 posts)If voter fraud was actually occurring on the scale which he is alleging, he would be derelict in his duty not to do so. It will be amusing when they find dozens, rather than millions of fraudulent votes.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Lock 'em up.
What an asshole, got his fewwings hurt and demands spending millions of dollars to find out why he didn't win the popular vote. Here's a clue, dimwit, you are an asshole and people don't like you. You can send me the check through DU.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)How can they even un-register to vote if they are dead?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)wisteria
(19,581 posts)Let him investigate, he may end up losing by even more. What a jackass. X
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)know people move? It's only voter fraud if people vote in more than one state, like a couple of GOP cases we've heard about.
randome
(34,845 posts)Being registered will come to mean the same thing as voter fraud if we let them do this.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)itcfish
(1,828 posts)involvement in his robbing the election
randr
(12,413 posts)briv1016
(1,570 posts)Along with ending all early voting, "modernising" (paperless) voting, authorized "poll watchers" and of course a further increase in voter purging.
The Republicans will go along with it with an eye on 18' and 20'.
truthisfreedom
(23,151 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Snellius
(6,881 posts)"Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I'd have produced that key if they hadn't of pulled the Caine out of action. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers..."
question everything
(47,518 posts)Will he throw himself on the floor, flailing his arms and legs and scream?
captain queeg
(10,231 posts)Its beyond me but would be very appropriate to have him playing with his marbles while he spouts insanity.