Trump to create panel to study voter fraud, suppression: official

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Thu May 11, 2017 | 11:07am EDT

Trump to create panel to study voter fraud, suppression: official

President Donald Trump plans to create a commission on Thursday to investigate voter fraud and voter suppression, a White House official said, a move that follows Trump's unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud in the 2016 U.S. election.

Trump planned to sign an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, which would be chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, ABC News reported.

Trump, who took office in January, has said that there was widespread voter fraud in the November election. The Republican won the White House through victory in the Electoral College, which tallies wins in states, but lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, by some 3 million ballots.

Trump announced in January that he would seek an investigation into voter fraud in the election, even though the consensus among state officials and election experts is that it is rare in the United States.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-voting-idUSKBN18723J

[CountAllVotes]

1. and ...

This "panel" will find that HRC won the race and gee, being dumpy is so *honest* he'll step down and turn the job over the the winner!

When hell freezes over?

[octoberlib]

2. Here we go

his poll numbers are shit and he knows if Dems win back the house he will definitely be impeached.

[Banana Soccer Fan]

3. Waste of time.

There are no voter fraud, only election fraud.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Yup.

Unattainable voter ID's, poll taxes, literacy tests, you name it.
Demographics are not in the Republicans' favor and they simply cannot
win by the numbers... so they need to cheat.

[WinkyDink]

7. ?? We have no poll taxes or literacy tests. What decade are you in?

[C_U_L8R]

8. It's the republican dream.

of another decade...exactly.
coming to a voting booth near you.

[WinkyDink]

5. Trump thinks "working" means saying "Hey you; go write a report."

[GallopingGhost]

6. How reassuring.

In other news, Dracula will be appointed head of a committee to investigate a rash of blood bank thefts across the nation, with Igor holding a special position to investigate bug-eating.

[MiniMe]

9. Shiny object, shiny object

Did it work to distract everybody?

[GallopingGhost]

10. Kicking this because CNN

is reporting that Kris Kobach of Kansas will be in charge of this.

Not good with links, but the story is on their homepage.

[Eugene]

11. Link. Thanks for the head up.

Civil rights groups fume over Trump’s choice of Kobach to head voter fraud panel (McClatchy)

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article149913152.html

[GallopingGhost]

13. Thank you!

Kobach is racist slime.

[oasis]

12. Trump turns a blind eye to Russia's influence on our elections.

Citizens who happen to be black, Hispanic or poor have to jump through hoops to get a ballot.

What would Trump's crooked pal, Don King say about that? "Only in America"

[dalton99a]

14. They're getting ready to steal the midterms

[TheFrenchRazor]

15. what better way to facilitate/cover up an election stealing operation? nt