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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 01:56 PM Aug 2016

Longtime Trump ally claims elections can be rigged because Scott Walker did it five times

If there’s one thing Republicans know a lot about, it’s rigging elections, at least that’s what Donald Trump supporter Roger Stone says in a column for The Hill.

Trump let the “rigged” word fly in July when he declared that FBI Director James Comey’s recommendation not to charge Clinton was due to a rigged system. The rigged system gave way to a “rigged election.” Both the media and President Obama weren’t happy about Trump’s accusations.

After citing a questionable “study” from Stanford, Stone turns his op-ed toward Wisconsin elections. Specifically mentioning the DIEBOLD/PES voting machines, used in most states, and how easily many voting machines can be hacked.

“There is irrefutable evidence that Scott Walker and the Reince Priebus machine rigged as many as five elections including the defeat of a Walker recall election,” Stone wrote, adding that a pattern that occurred in the Walker election also happened in the Trump/Cruz primary.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/longtime-trump-ally-claims-elections-can-be-rigged-because-scott-walker-did-it-five-times/

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Longtime Trump ally claims elections can be rigged because Scott Walker did it five times (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
TIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #1
Yes! AwakeAtLast Aug 2016 #16
Derpnado! geek tragedy Aug 2016 #18
For the second time today, I write: Borchkins Aug 2016 #2
lie, cheat, steal ................ the republican way Angry Dragon Aug 2016 #3
This is what I worry about, Trump puts the focus on cheating but aims it at the Clinton campaign liberal N proud Aug 2016 #4
recommended! bookmarked Bill USA Aug 2016 #5
One County in Wisconsin in each election Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #6
Can't remember the details, but weren't there voting irregularities in that one county also? groundloop Aug 2016 #13
Big time. Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #21
Is that syphilitic pedophile Roger Stone? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2016 #7
Yeah. klook Aug 2016 #17
Oh OK just checking. Thanks :-P Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2016 #19
Speak up roger! Lol. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #8
I may start eating popcorn again. louis-t Aug 2016 #9
So, a Trump ally is accusing a Repub governor of a crime in order to prove DTs point? Hekate Aug 2016 #10
I think you got that right. That's what it seems to me. glennward Aug 2016 #14
Call the Attorney General WhiteTara Aug 2016 #11
He's certainly not the first conservative to acknowledge SticksnStones Aug 2016 #12
The Milwaukee Anomaly indicates they steal elections by stealing African-American votes. Coyotl Aug 2016 #15
The recall election smelled to high heaven Botany Aug 2016 #20
If he actually wrote this, he should be questioned by the US Attorney General's office. Fla Dem Aug 2016 #22
Scott Walker is a big asshole, but he did not fix his elections bluestateguy Aug 2016 #23
Dems should have been screaming bloody murder about this for decades. Glad to see Stevepol Aug 2016 #24

liberal N proud

(60,336 posts)
4. This is what I worry about, Trump puts the focus on cheating but aims it at the Clinton campaign
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 02:14 PM
Aug 2016

Meanwhile, they steal the election.

But if the poll numbers have him so far in the hole, it should prevent that from being possible.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. One County in Wisconsin in each election
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 02:18 PM
Aug 2016

saved Walker's ass. When you know the Players,one can understand how this could occur.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
8. Speak up roger! Lol.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 02:35 PM
Aug 2016

On a side note, he seems quite bitter. Someone not pay enough attention to him?

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
10. So, a Trump ally is accusing a Repub governor of a crime in order to prove DTs point?
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 02:53 PM
Aug 2016
Did I get that right?
 

glennward

(989 posts)
14. I think you got that right. That's what it seems to me.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:21 PM
Aug 2016

But we have known about the Diebold machines since 2004.

We need machines that produce verified receipts that can be compared to actual votes in some way.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
12. He's certainly not the first conservative to acknowledge
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:14 PM
Aug 2016

That sometimes republicans win in unusual ways.

A link to the late Christopher Hitchens infamous report for Vanity Fair on just went on in Ohio in 2004.

Has there ever been a credible trail back to a Dem winning this way? I'm not aware of anything comparable to this:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/03/hitchens200503

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
15. The Milwaukee Anomaly indicates they steal elections by stealing African-American votes.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:23 PM
Aug 2016

If this is true, we know where and when at least in one case:

Wisconsin 2011 Supreme Court









bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
23. Scott Walker is a big asshole, but he did not fix his elections
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:40 PM
Aug 2016

No, that was because he had lame ass opponents and zillions pouring in from the Koch brothers to flood the airwaves---something Trump does NOT have.

Stevepol

(4,234 posts)
24. Dems should have been screaming bloody murder about this for decades. Glad to see
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:54 PM
Aug 2016

the Repubs admitting it. If you want something done illegally you need to contract with a Republican. When they are concerned about elections, they don't mess around. They know how to find every conceivable method of deceiving and cheating the American people.

This guy sounds like he knows where the bodies are buried.

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