Trump: I'm Concerned About 'Rigged' Election After Voter ID Rulings

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he has raised concerns about a "rigged" election in November due to several recent rulings striking down voter ID laws.

"Well, I’m looking at all of these decisions coming on down from the standpoint of identification, voter ID. And I’m saying, ‘What do you mean, you don’t have to have voter ID to now go in and vote?’ And it’s a little bit scary, and I’ve heard a lot of bad things," Trump told Fox News' Bill O’Reilly when asked why he's concerned the election will be rigged. “I mean, people are going to walk in, they are going to vote 10 times maybe. Who knows?"

"I hope the Republicans are going to be very watchful, and I hope the authorities are going to be very watchful,” he added.

Trump also mentioned concerns about voter ID in a Tuesday interview with Washington, D.C. television station WJLA. When asked whether he has reason to believe something illegal could take place, Trump said, "I just hear things, and I just feel it, and I felt it having to do with the primaries."

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-voter-id-rigged

[Saviolo]

1. There's that feeling over fact thing again

And the right wing accuses liberals of being all touchy-feely. Well, they believe all of their feelings over actual facts, so stop projecting, okay?

Just like that Newt Gingrich clip that John Oliver talked about: It's a feeling he has, it's a feeling the voters have, that's just as valid as your so-called facts.

NO! No it isn't! Not even remotely!

[grubbs]

2. And now we know

That Donald doesn't know how voting works either.

[Friend or Foe]

3. Who "my hell" does he keep talking to?

The Donald keeps "hearing things". Every answer to every question. "I've heard a lot of bad things" or "I'm hearing these things" or "I've heard some people saying...".

Come on Donald, who is telling you these "things". Or, are you just Travis Bickle talking with a mirror?

Either way, I don't know which alternative is scarier!

[William Seger]

4. "I just hear things"

... like "Obama was born in Kenya," and he "just sees things" like thousands of NJ Muslims celebrating 9/11.

[Stonepounder]

5. I think that he knows he is going to lose and lose badly.

At least subconsciously. And he is already setting things up so that he can say he really won, but the other guy cheated and should be locked up. He will really want a Civil War if he doesn't win, and he's already starting his followers down that path.

[procon]

6. Governing by hearsay, rumors and feelings... what could go wrong? nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Translation: "I don't think blacks should be able to vote."

Sorry, but I don't only see ignorance and bombast here. I see bigotry at the root of it. I think he knows damn well what the laws that were struck down were intended to do.

[mcp37]

8. Just a thought

Anyone else feel like this is Trump laying the ground work for an excuse when/if he loses in November? The guy can't stand to lose so the system must obviously be rigged to protect his persona. Moreover, floating this line helps the Republicans denounce Clinton as illegitimate. Just a thought....

[Yonnie3]

9. He's just getting ready to lose in November.

After all, in no way could a loss be little ole Punkin Head Rump's fault. I can hear him now, "Believe me, it was rigged, people are saying, I mean, I'm telling the truth."

I think he needs to ditch the "believe me" and "it's the truth" rhetoric and use "I ain't even lying, this time". It would be more amusing.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. What's wrong with this picture?

[whistler162]

11. President Trump announce that he just

felt that Andorra was going to attack the mainland of the U.S. so he nuked the nation!