UPDATED - Sanders: Defying 'Election Integrity' Commission Is A 'Political Stunt'

[DonViejo]

Last edited Fri Jun 30, 2017, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published JUNE 30, 2017 4:04 PM

Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the many states who have refused to cooperate with the bogus “election integrity” commission’s request for sensitive voter data were carrying out a “political stunt.”

“Does the President have any thoughts on the fact that so many governors and other state officials have said that they’re not going to comply with this request for public information from the election integrity commission?” one reporter asked Sanders at an off-camera press briefing Friday.

“I think that that’s mostly a political stunt,” she replied. “We’re asking — this is a commission that’s asking for publicly available data, and the fact that these governors wouldn’t be willing to turn that over, this is something that’s been part of the commission’s discussion, which has bipartisan support, and none of the members raised any concern whatsoever." However, the commission has requested more than just publicly available data, including information as personal as the last four digits of voters’ Social Security numbers, and histories of felony convictions and military service.

Several states have refused to share all but publicly available information with the commission. Some states — California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York and Virginia among them so far — have refused to cooperate at all with the request.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders blames Chicago crime on a lack of ‘morality’ there

DAVID FERGUSON
30 JUN 2017 AT 15:36 ET

Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders held an off-camera press briefing on Friday, saying that the press office doesn’t want to overshadow an announcement of a new executive order by President Donald Trump.

However, in her short 16-minute appearance off-camera, Sanders managed to blame the people of Chicago for the city’s high crime rate, saying “morality” is the issue, not poverty or ready access to firearms.

A reporter asked about the federal government’s decision to garrison an additional 20 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Chicago and whether this was a tacit admission by the government that part of the problem in that city is related to the easy access to firearms.

“I think that the problem there is pretty clear that it’s a crime problem,” said Huckabee Sanders. “I think that crime is driven more by a morality than anything else so I think that this is a law enforcement issue and our focus is trying to add additional support.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/sarah-huckabee-sanders-blames-chicago-crime-on-a-lack-of-morality-there/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Well, if it's publicly available, then what do you need the states to do for you?

Just go get it.

Or maybe you're full of crap.

[MedusaX]

2. Actually, it was ASKING for the info that was the political stunt... Shiny Shiny object to distract

[BootinUp]

3. White is black, and you can believe her

When she lies.

[MrPurple]

4. The commission is bipartisan?

Really, who are the Democrats involved?

[Raster]

5. Very good question.

I am absolutely amazed at the number of "Christians" that are willing to lie, obfuscate and demean to support this "president."

[atreides1]

9. No it isn't!

There were some names mentioned, only two are Democrats...Bill Gardner, Democratic Secretary of State of New Hampshire, Matthew Dunlap, Democratic Secretary of State of Maine!

And the commission is awfully Republican heavy, Ken Blackwell, former Republican Secretary of State of Ohio, Connie Lawson, Republican Secretary of State of Indiana, and Christy McCormick, an Obama-appointed Republican Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission.

As for being bipartisan, it is if you accept the fact that 2 Democrats and 5 Republicans, makes it bipartisan!

But the commission still only has Pence as chair and Kobach as vice-chair!

[Amaryllis]

18. Ken BLackwell, OH SOS, chair of the Bush re-election campaignn,who gave the election to Bush

when he gave them OH in 2004; his BFF was the president of Diebold.

[barbtries]

6. someone needs to use her full name

i was so puzzled when i thought it was Bernie talking this bullshit

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I had the same reaction! Our Bernie wouldn't talk like that! n/t

[SDJay]

16. It's Happened To Me

several times since this mean woman has popped up on the radar. I keep thinking, "Really? BERNIE said that?"

[flibbitygiblets]

23. YES! Stop just calling her "Sanders", it's confusing! Call her Scary Sanders, or HuckSand or ...

[Sienna86]

33. Please edit title. It's misleading.

Use her full name.

[barbtries]

34. you probably meant to direct that to the OP

but as I understand it, it's the headline from the article quoted. probably not up to the writer of the OP either.

[Control-Z]

35. Me too. n/t

[geretogo]

8. This evil clown Trump wants to see how easy it is to make his subjects comply with his commands .

[american_ideals]

10. Don't repeat her lies

Lakoff: lead with the truth. Note the lie. Return to the truth.

Bettee headline: GOP vote suppressor requests voter records, Sanders denies voter suppression goal


Yes TPM is bad at this. Josh M is good, but their reposted articles are often Lakoff-violating

[DonViejo]

11. Send your suggestion to TPM...

I did.

[e-mail]

[american_ideals]

13. Have done.

Will keep it up.
Josh needs to read Lakoff. Especially now that Lakoff is on Twitter and writing more.

[DonViejo]

14. Something must be going on at TPM...

they haven't been the same since the November election

[american_ideals]

17. No no, TPM is still quite good

Josh Marshall's Ed blog contains the most insight per word of any news outlet, bar none.

Marshall is a must read, every single day. Smart guy bringing a great news analyst eye to the daily events.

Much of their original reporting is also good. The other contributors to the Edblog are good.

The one comment I have is that their headline writers for their curated/reposted stories are poor and need to read Lakoff. It's really a small thing.

Everyone here should subscribe to TPM and read the Edblog every day. If every American did that we'd be better off

[DonViejo]

19. Yes, yes. I've been a TPM reader since the nineties, something

just isn't right over there lately

[american_ideals]

30. ?

What's your concern? Interested to hear.

[WePurrsevere]

12. Here ya go... [SH] Sanders: The 'Election Integrity' Commission Is A 'Political Stunt'

Sarah made a mistake so I've fixed it to be much more factual.

[american_ideals]

15. Think she knows her lying hurts America?

And just doesn't care?
Or do you think she believes what she says is true?



Applies to Huckabee Sanders and Spicer.

[briv1016]

20. It doesn't really matter. The "Commission's" recommendations are already written.

1) 50 state voter ID.

2) End all early voting.

3) "Modernize/Streamline" voting by removing all paper ballots. (Putin's personal request)

4) Create an armed force of "Authorized Poll Watchers."


Expect the findings by the end of the year and federal legislation passed by mid '18.

[lark]

22. This doesn't affect the budget, so Dems can filibuster.

And they should absolutely do that.

[briv1016]

24. Unless McConnell changes the rules again.

[lark]

21. Stupid!

Yeah, people's privacy means nothing, it's all just a plot to disadvantage the orange assface. Is Putin paying him for this information or does Drumpf just want to give it to him out of love?

[Tiggeroshii]

25. Can you edit the subject to say "Huckabee Sanders?"

Thanks

[DonViejo]

26. No. Sorry, the SOP of the LBN Forum requires the exact headline published

[Tiggeroshii]

31. It is unfortunate she shares the name of a half decent human being. Many, at that.

[emulatorloo]

27. She doesn't know the meaning of "integrity" or "morality"

Very sad for a Preacher's daughter to lie with such conviction.

[SunSeeker]

28. Her daddy taught her how to lie well. nt

[emulatorloo]

29. Indeed he did.

[MGKrebs]

32. She needs to talk to Kris Kobach,

Vice chair of the commission and SoS of Kansas. Not giving his own state's data to his own commission.

This is what happens when you put the inmates in charge of the asylum.

[JHB]

36. HunkaBS says what?

[JackRiddler]

37. Damn it, I wish she did not have that name.

Headline shocked me there for a minute.