White House election commission becomes a fiasco for Trump, Kobach

[workinclasszero]

White House election commission becomes a fiasco for Trump, Kobach
07/05/17 08:00 AM By Steve Benen

For the White House, it must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Donald Trump, annoyed to have lost the popular vote by 3 million votes and compelled by ridiculous conspiracy theories, created an “elections integrity” commission, which was tasked with finding evidence of a voter-fraud problem that exists only in far-right imaginations.

This hasn’t turned out well.

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Grimes (D) wrote on Twitter, “One question: If @realDonaldTrump asked for your address, SSN, birthdate, political affiliation, & voting history, would you give it to him?”

For most of the country, the answer is a resounding no.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/white-house-election-commission-becomes-fiasco-trump-kobach

[SHRED]

1. They just need the swing states

To rig it for decades.

[dalton99a]

2. +1

[katmondoo]

5. Ask Donald Trump for his info

See how fast he backs off

[usaf-vet]

28. He did already!

Have you seen his tax returns? Hell NO. Let's start there show me yours we will (state laws allowing) show you our. But until we see you tax returns. You and your commission are out of luck.

[lark]

32. He won't get a lot of them either.

So far only 3 states have agreed to provide all the information. This is totally ridiculous that anyone would agree to send every person in their states' name, address, phone #, birth date, drivers license #, Voter registration, number of times they've voted and last 4 digits of SS#. Far worse, they've asked it to be sent to an unsecured site where anyone could hack in and commit fraud against these people on a massive scale. There should not be a single taker, given these terms and those that do comply can probably be sued by anyone in their state for illegally divulging their information on a known to be unprotected site.

[underpants]

3. #tiredofwinning

[workinclasszero]

7. LOLOLOLOL!

[PunkinPi]

9. Milton, FTW! ;) nt

[SergeStorms]

21. Love it!

Steven Root. What a cross section of roles HE'S played during his career. Everything from Milton in 'Office Space' to the money man in 'No Country For Old Men', and everything in between. He was great in "'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou' as well. Great talent for a guy who never gets to play a leading man, but he always does the best at whatever he gets.

[oberliner]

33. Not to mention News Radio

And his great King of the Hill voice over work.

[malaise]

23. Now I have to watch Office Space again

Damn I love that movie

[calimary]

4. ANYTHING with Kris Kobach's name attached already stinks to high heaven.

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Anything with Kobach involved is IMMEDIATELY suspect. He may have forgotten, he's laid down one unescapable track record on voter suppression for ANYBODY with half a brain to trust anything he's up to. Judging from the comments from multiple state officials and the coverage it's getting, he's famous for it by now!

But then again, the half-a-brain contingent out there is large enough to have fallen for trump...

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Kobach failed to noitce that HIS state does not allow giving out that info.

That's how dumb he is....obviously he was picked to be the front man for the stupid plan.

[Jim__]

6. If Donald Trump asked me for the time of day, I wouldn't give it to him. - n/t

[workinclasszero]

8. Same here

[Puzzler]

10. Trump: the master of self-inflicted chaos...

There's that old saying "give them enough rope...".

I dunno, but it seems that Trump is the first person in history to actually give themselves more of that proverbial "rope" (on a daily basis).

-Puzzler

[LakeArenal]

11. As Phil Collins says:

If I knew dump was drowning, I would not lend a hand....

[Grins]

13. Don't have a spare anchor to lend a drowing patriot...? N/M

[polmaven]

12. I believe the number of states refusing

to turn over the information requested is now up to the 44.

[ailsagirl]

14. Whoa!! It's up to 44 states + DC!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/kris-kobach-letter-voter-fraud-commission-information/index.html

[Achilleaze]

15. Screw the republican traitors and their russian vote-meddling BFFs

[spanone]

16. this is what happens when you search for a solution to a non-existing problem

trump & kobach know there is NO voter fraud

[Astraea]

17. Can we assume that if any fraud was found

that it would only be fraud that benefited Democrats? I guess we can grab the smelling salts to even suggest that lily-white Republicans committed any fraud.

[Bengus81]

18. Trump NEVER released his Income tax returns yet he wants OUR personal information.....

Stick it where the sun don't shine Donnie.........

[malaise]

24. Precisely

but remember he is the only important person on the planet - Emperor ignoramus

[workinclasszero]

29. Funny how that works huh?

[oberliner]

34. Is he still pretending he's under audit?

Or has he dropped that pretense entirely?

[Cryptoad]

20. Ahhh,,,, he just keeps forgeting

he was just elected POTUS not crowned Czar of US

[Cha]

22. KICK!

[orangecrush]

25. 45 is nuts

By refusing to play along with his popular vote fraud fantasy, every state that refused is agreeing with that fact.

[Gothmog]

26. I have been enjoying watching this effort flounder

[Lithos]

27. Now they are trying to sue to get them admitted as evidence

So, they can still get them...

L-

[NJCher]

30. Quicksand

Eom

Cher

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Alison Grimes on Twitter

https://twitter.com/AlisonForKY

This request from @POTUS' sham "commission" should alarm every American. I will not release sensitive data about 3.2M KYans to the fed govt.

Link to tweet

KY Sec. of State Alison Grimes to @MSNBC on the reception to Trump's Election Commission: "About as welcoming as a breeze off an outhouse."

Link to tweet

https://twitter.com/ACLUofKY

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. One thing I've yet to see mentioned, although that doesn't mean it has not been.

WTF is up with the other 6? Have they just not replied, or have some or all of them said they will cooperate?