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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 03:37 PM Jul 2017

Maryland Attorney General Just Blew The Lid Off Trumps Illegal Voter Fraud Commission

Last edited Mon Jul 3, 2017, 04:47 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/07/03/maryland-attorney-general-blew-lid-trumps-illegal-voter-fraud-commission.html

Maryland Attorney General Just Blew The Lid Off Trump’s Illegal Voter Fraud Commission

By Jason Easley on Mon, Jul 3rd, 2017 at 2:12 pm


Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh called Trump’s voter fraud commission illegal and debunked Trump’s entire voter fraud conspiracy in a blistering statement.

Here is AG Frosh’s statement:


Frosh was correct on both of his main points. Trump’s story about voter fraud costing him the popular vote is false, and what Trump’s commission is attempting to do is an illegal invasion of privacy. Elections are the constitutional power of the states, so the reason why so many states that the President won are refusing his request of sensitive voter data is on the basis of states’ rights.

AG Frosh the other major concern. The Trump commission is asking for sensitive personal data to try to prove one of the President’s fantasy conspiracy theories. If the federal government got the data on the nation’s voters, Trump would be able to find a reason to justify a massive purge of voters.

Frosh said what many Secretaries of State and election officials have been reluctant to express directly. The Trump voter fraud commission is an illegal fishing expedition that is trying to justify a presidential fantasy.

Trump is trying to turn a fake conspiracy into a very real voter purge, which is why election officials are across the country are telling the President’s commission to get lost.
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Maryland Attorney General Just Blew The Lid Off Trumps Illegal Voter Fraud Commission (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2017 OP
Off to the greatest page for thee malaise Jul 2017 #1
Great idea! Ligyron Jul 2017 #15
Kobach's devious plan may have been to put a chilling effect on voter registrations. Dustlawyer Jul 2017 #33
Excellent point malaise Jul 2017 #35
The primary reason for his plan, Interstate Crosscheck, is to purge POC voter names brush Jul 2017 #38
K & R!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2017 #2
K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #3
MD AG did not mince words... TheDebbieDee Jul 2017 #4
Very happy to see this Resistance from the states. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2017 #5
Yup! Well said and done, AG Frosh! longship Jul 2017 #6
This statement is a thing of beauty. aquamarina Jul 2017 #7
Delish! malaise Jul 2017 #8
Very nice press release! Happy July 4th! TIC TIC TIC Sunlei Jul 2017 #9
"to indulge President Trump's fantasy GallopingGhost Jul 2017 #10
YESSS! As a Marylander, I'm ecstatic! NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #11
This is beautiful malaise Jul 2017 #16
It IS beautiful NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #22
Excellent leftieNanner Jul 2017 #12
Well, it's Donald Trump we're talking about here......... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #13
Maryland can take it! NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #21
Well, clearly not fooled Jul 2017 #32
Perfect reply! iluvtennis Jul 2017 #14
I wonder... lostinhere Jul 2017 #17
Not at all. July Jul 2017 #25
DURec leftstreet Jul 2017 #18
Recommended panader0 Jul 2017 #19
Wow! ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #20
Meanwhile....If You Live In Michigan.... LovingA2andMI Jul 2017 #23
K & R L. Coyote Jul 2017 #24
If only my AG had such a backbone Fritz Walter Jul 2017 #26
I'm not as worried by a voter purge as I am about other uses to which the data could be put. Nitram Jul 2017 #27
K&R. dchill Jul 2017 #28
I wish I could write that well. That response says so well & succinctly what I think. Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #29
Arizona checks in.. Cha Jul 2017 #30
Great news malaise Jul 2017 #31
Arizona! NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #37
And... Cha Jul 2017 #39
Back atcha, Cha! NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #41
"I, too, sing America" Cha Jul 2017 #42
40 states have declined to send the info Motley13 Jul 2017 #34
As of this article.. it says Hawaii hasn't checked in, either Cha Jul 2017 #40
Excellent response dalton99a Jul 2017 #36

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
33. Kobach's devious plan may have been to put a chilling effect on voter registrations.
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 07:44 AM
Jul 2017

How many people will not register now for fear of their info going to these evil bastards and out onto the internets?

brush

(53,778 posts)
38. The primary reason for his plan, Interstate Crosscheck, is to purge POC voter names
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:56 PM
Jul 2017

With the info he and trump are demanding, he wouldn't have to search out just similar sounding AA, Latino and Asian names most likely to vote Dem, he could just purge similar sounding Dem names as party affiliation of each voter is on the list of info requested.

That request is much more devious than just trying to prove trump won the popular vote in 2016.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
11. YESSS! As a Marylander, I'm ecstatic!
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 04:47 PM
Jul 2017

I emailed Brian Frosh about this just this morning. Not taking credit; I imagine he got a LOT of emails. Indivisible Montgomery sent out an email with his and the Election Commissioner's email addy and phone #s/ I'm VERY glad he responded as strongly as he did. Now, as for Larry Hogan....still crickets.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
13. Well, it's Donald Trump we're talking about here.........
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 05:11 PM
Jul 2017

does anyone really expect him to say, "Oh, OK guys. Sorry about that".

He'll come back with different iterations of this until he either gets his way, or he ends up firing someone, or he abolishes Maryland as a State. You know what I mean. He's NOT going to let this go until he's made a total jerk out of himself ONCE AGAIN. That's what he does. That's who he is. You can now expect vicious 'tweets' about Attorney General Frosh, the State of Maryland, Democrats in general, Morning Joe and Mika, CNN, Maryland Crab Cakes, Halloween etc. etc. etc.

It's Trump, folks.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
21. Maryland can take it!
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:16 PM
Jul 2017

And give it right back. Screw Trump with a chainsaw, ESPECIALLY if he dares insult our crab cakes!

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
32. Well, clearly
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 06:46 AM
Jul 2017

In this round it's crab cakes>>>dump

Well done, Maryland. There are a lot of Federal workers living there. They don't like dump one bit.



lostinhere

(78 posts)
17. I wonder...
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:01 PM
Jul 2017

If most or all of the states' reply that there is no voter fraud forcefully, like Maryland, does this give ammunition to the "Russia didn't hack the election" argument?

Hmm

July

(4,750 posts)
25. Not at all.
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:47 PM
Jul 2017

Trump is claiming that VOTERS are committing fraud -- that eligible voters are voting more than once, and that ineligible people (non-citizens) are also voting, and that both are doing so in huge numbers, enough to give Clinton a very large popular vote edge over him (because all of those fraudulent votes were for her, in his crappy reasoning). There is no evidence that this is the case.

That claim is unrelated to the fact that RUSSIA has interfered (to a degree that is not fully known yet) with our last presidential election by means of hacking. There IS evidence of this.

Trump, of course, wants us to believe the FALSE claim about voters. He has yet to show any interest in the FACTUAL evidence of the Russian hacking.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
19. Recommended
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:09 PM
Jul 2017

I especially liked this part: "it appears designed only to intimidate voters and to indulge
President Trump's fantasy that he won the popular vote."

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
24. K & R
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:26 PM
Jul 2017

This does not mean there was no rigging of the election. Trump and his cabal are using the false voter fraud narrative to suppress the election rigging evidence.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
26. If only my AG had such a backbone
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 07:32 PM
Jul 2017

I live in Florida, and the current administration is only too happy to bend-over-and-grab-ankles with any request from Drumpf or his minions. Gov. Snott has been anointed by Cheetolini to replace Sen. Bill Nelson, so the guy who defrauded the US Government of millions of healthcare dollars is now positioning himself to become part of that very level of government. (Kafka: eat your heart out!)

My question: is there a way we can keep our State officials from forwarding our personal information to this commission? Or -- given their knee-jerk response to this request (guessing that my personal identity info is already in the unsecured mailbox per the instructions) -- how can citizens legally stop the publication of our sensitive information?

Nitram

(22,802 posts)
27. I'm not as worried by a voter purge as I am about other uses to which the data could be put.
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 07:33 PM
Jul 2017

The Maryland réponse is perfect. Trump can purchase legally available voter data on the market.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
29. I wish I could write that well. That response says so well & succinctly what I think.
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 11:52 PM
Jul 2017

But I have been unable to come up with the words to put it so well. It's great to see my thoughts, and the thoughts of so many others, put forth so well. It makes me feel represented at this time when I feel we the citizens and the country are under siege from within.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
34. 40 states have declined to send the info
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 08:19 AM
Jul 2017

Florida is not one of them although I think they are still reviewing & haven't sent in info.




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