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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Trump campaign challenges the legitimacy of members of the U.S. military voting in Nevada
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Steven Greenhouse
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WOW -- The Trump campaign challenges the legitimacy of members of the U.S. military voting in Nevada when they've been temporarily transferred from Nevada for military work elsewhere. It accuses them of "criminal voter fraud."
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-irregularities-claims/2020/11/08/8f704e6c-2141-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html
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Steven Greenhouse
@greenhousenyt
WOW -- The Trump campaign challenges the legitimacy of members of the U.S. military voting in Nevada when they've been temporarily transferred from Nevada for military work elsewhere. It accuses them of "criminal voter fraud."
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-irregularities-claims/2020/11/08/8f704e6c-2141-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html
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The Trump campaign challenges the legitimacy of members of the U.S. military voting in Nevada (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Nov 2020
OP
I was wondering if the final straw with Esper, which may have prompted those "Esper has a
RockRaven
Nov 2020
#3
Who is paying the legal fees for all these lawsuits? D.C. lawyers are expensive.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Nov 2020
#6
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Suckers and losers
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. So he understands that the military does not support him?
He might want to include this awareness into his escape planning.
RockRaven
(14,959 posts)3. I was wondering if the final straw with Esper, which may have prompted those "Esper has a
resignation letter" stories a few days ago, was Trump trying to keep military votes from being counted. Not that I think Esper is a stand-up guy or anything, just that even the most marginal pushback is galling to Trump.
ananda
(28,858 posts)4. Sheesh
Does he understand what the words "absentee ballot" mean?
rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)5. If he can't use them
He will discard them.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,582 posts)6. Who is paying the legal fees for all these lawsuits? D.C. lawyers are expensive.
Or are they done pro bono, just out of the good of these high-powered law firms hearts?