Trump Just Undermined The Work Of His Own Election Integrity Probe
Source: Huffington Post
President Donald Trump cast doubt about the neutrality of a commission he created to investigate election integrity, tweeting that it was a probe focused on voter fraud.
Critics have warned that the creation of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is just a way of looking for voter fraud, which several previous probes have found is not a widespread problem. Trump himself confirmed those fears when he labeled the probe a voter fraud panel in a tweet Saturday morning and suggested election officials ― including at least one Republican ― were concealing information about illegal voters.
The White House has sought to present the panel, created in May, as a bipartisan, neutral effort to investigate confidence in elections. In a conference call mapping out logistics for the commission this week, Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), who are leading the commission, told commissioners they were open to whatever the commission would find and didnt want anyone to have preconceived notions about what its conclusions would be. Appearing on MSNBC Friday, Kobach, who has a history of stoking fears about voter fraud, said the purpose of the panel wasnt to confirm Trumps unsubstantiated claim that millions voted illegally in the 2016 election. Kobach said Friday we may never know if thats true.
Trumps revealing tweet came after several states refused to comply with the commissions request for voter information, saying they would not assist the commission in painting an inaccurate picture of fraud. Some states, including Kobachs Kansas, have said they are legally prohibited from providing the commission with some of the sensitive information requested, such as the last four digits of voters Social Security numbers.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voter-fraud-investigation_us_5957c971e4b0da2c7323d93c?cvx&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
I guess the Justice Department will need to convince the Court once again to ignore Trump's tweets that the purpose of the panel is justify his claim that he won the popular vote because illegal voters voted for Hillary Clinton.
BumRushDaShow
(128,906 posts)which is bulging at the seams for this guy.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,906 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)that he really, truly, definitely, absolutely won the popular vote by 6 zillion gillion votes.
Keep on tweeting, Dump!
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)We know his "Cross Check" was created just for that purpose!
Matthew28
(1,798 posts)bullimiami
(13,086 posts)FrodosNewPet
(495 posts)The evil part, 100.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)social security number and the date of birth you can get the first five then you have the whole number.
Lucky Luciano
(11,254 posts)My brother and I have the same first five digits and different birthdays by almost two years. However, we got our SS numbers on the same day...
Hestia
(3,818 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)It's one of the very, very few times Trump has told the truth.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Believe me it was an accident.
The man has dementia and belongs in a 24 hour care nursing home.
Cha
(297,196 posts)be able to point to his "experts" and say.. "See, I won the popular vote".
here's fuckhead now..
Link to tweet
lastlib
(23,224 posts)...to the very distinguished American people. Just WHAT is he trying to HIDE??
Cha
(297,196 posts)rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Therefore we are unable to tell your wonderfulness the exact margin by which you won the popular vote bigly in 2016."
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)Obama born in Kenya.
Different day, same shit.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)and an anti-vote political purpose, at that. Not a positive purpose. One aimed at taking people off the rolls.
Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)And everyone can see through it.
dchill
(38,484 posts)Valhallakey
(70 posts)The Democrats should jump all over this. 1) They will find what everyone knows...there is no widespread voter fraud. 2) Will be easy to show how our voting machines and tabulators are vulnerable. I for one would be fine to support voter id as long as it is free and easy to get in return for auditable elections with a paper trail.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)they just want to purge more democratic voters.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Otherwise they lose!