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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Maybe we should back off of the self-righteous, black and white... [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)27. You're welcome. Here's an article by Steny Hoyer
explaining that voter fraud is nearly impossible.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/301969-trumps-rigged-election-claims-are-further-proof-he
And here's a recent article from The Atlantic on how voter suppression a much bigger problem than voter fraud.
https://www.thenation.com/article/voter-suppression-is-a-much-bigger-problem-than-voter-fraud/
Thanks for raising this issue. It caused me to do some more research.
We can all sharpen our wits by making the distinction between voter suppression (real & prevalent) and voter fraud (exaggerated by conservative republicans).
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if there weren't people on the ground motivated by his hate and selfish crap, yeah.
unblock
Oct 2016
#4
I agree that we shouldn't be silent about that. It's the right thing to focus on. nt
LAS14
Oct 2016
#5
There was too much chatter about vote rigging during the Democratic Primary, too.
randome
Oct 2016
#6
You don't call literacy tests rigging? You don't call the voters' rights act fixing?
LAS14
Oct 2016
#10
Linking Trump's jerkoff horseshit with civil rights ought to work real well here.
A-Schwarzenegger
Oct 2016
#14
Maybe we should back off from apologizing for Trump and Breitbart's propaganda operation
emulatorloo
Oct 2016
#13