Trump dissolves voter fraud commission

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY BRANDON CARTER - 01/03/18 06:49 PM EST

The White House announced Wednesday that President Trump is shutting down his Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

“Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry,” Trump said in a statement released by the White House.

“Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action.”

Trump created the bipartisan commission by executive order in May. The president has claimed without evidence that thousands of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.

—This breaking news story will be updated.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367343-trump-dissolves-voter-fraud-commission

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. What he means is the RepubliCons could not suppress even more votes by this underhanded scam. . nt

[Gothmog]

2. This commission was bogus to begin with

[underpants]

4. God decision, time to move on to unicorns.

[Leghorn21]

5. Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, HA HA HA yeah right, whatever, LOSER. nt

[Fred Sanders]

32. The failure to back up lies with evidence, as courts for some reason insist upon, is frustrating.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Donald was afraid of what they would find out about 2016 elections

DEFINITELY want to deep six that subject Donnie Boy

He was going to govern by fingerpointing, projection, and lies.

How many times did he tell us "The election is rigged!"

Now with everyone focused on voter registration and Democrats winning, he's losing interest.

He also tells us everything is FAKE NEWS!!! Which is to say, ONLY I tell the truth!

That's the next shoe to drop.

His fakeness is being exposed and he knows it.

Losing altitude, time to bail Donald J. Trump

[Maeve]

7. The cluster that was the commission has finally been, well....eom

[Mrs. Overall]

8. Hillary. Got. Three. Million. More. Votes. Period.

[yurbud]

40. Democratic politicians should be pressuring any state level Dems blocking National Popular Vote

Interstate Compact to neuter the electoral college.

[rickford66]

9. And he chalks up another executive order.

[barbtries]

10. why would they say that?

he's claimed without evidence that millions of people voted illegally. otherwise don't you know he would won the popular vote too.

i hate when media gives him that kind of cover.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Oh my so

what is Kobach gonna do now?

[wolfie001]

16. Hopefully shoot himself!

Just kidding....or not?

[leftieNanner]

19. He's planning to run for governor

of Kansas. Gotta keep Sam Brownback's winning policies going forward!

His smarmy face is one I would like to never see again.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. couldnt find any where none existed.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now hes charged with voter fraud.

Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he’s charged with voter fraud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/22/ex-colo-gop-leader-said-only-democrats-committed-voter-fraud-now-hes-charged-with-voter-fraud/?utm_term=.896d88d2d702&wpisrc=nl_p1&wpmm=1

[wolfie001]

14. Today could not get any better!

Until it did!!!

[onetexan]

29. LOL i had to laugh too

this alternate reality is rather ridiculous isn't it

[wolfie001]

36. Yes it is! Cheers! nt

[Botany]

15. A voter fraud commission that had Kris Kobach and Ken Blackwell on was akin to ......

.... and anti bank robbery commission with Bonnie and Clyde on it.

[yurbud]

38. or the Hannibal Lecter Commission to Curb Meat Eating

[Botany]

41. Or a Jerry Sandusky after school program for 7th grade boys

yurbud

[yurbud]

43. ouch!

[Sneederbunk]

17. Kobach gave away the game a long time ago.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Citizen activism is helping to expose these frauds

The tide is turning ... they are in retreat here!!! They know their tactics are exposed, visible, and the public won't stand for them!

[keithbvadu2]

20. Sure, there's voter fraud. By Republicans.

Sure, there's voter fraud. By Republicans.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/29/1625154/-Sure-there-s-voter-fraud-By-Republicans#read-more

Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he’s charged with voter fraud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/22/ex-colo-gop-leader-said-only-democrats-committed-voter-fraud-now-hes-charged-with-voter-fraud/?utm_term=.896d88d2d702&wpisrc=nl_p1&wpmm=1

She voted twice for Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/27/a-trump-supporter-was-charged-with-voting-twice-her-lawyer-says-she-shouldnt-stand-trial-2/?utm_term=.0a70205f4075
.
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

[BigmanPigman]

31. I don't think she likes "winning" as much as she thought

she would judging from that expression. I expect there are tons of others who are about to have that same expression if they don't already.

[yurbud]

44. in fairness, a Trump voter may simply have forgotten that she already voted

[irisblue]

21. What is that slimeball Kris Kobach

besides be Sec of State on Kansas?

[Roland99]

22. So. Much. WINNING!

[George II]

23. "Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud" - translated, "there's nothing to see"

[dlk]

24. When the Court Ruled They Had to Share Docs and Info with Dems on the Committee...

It was time to shut the whole scam down. Transparency killed it.

[GulfCoast66]

25. We have a winner!

Hopefully the Democratic member of the commission persists with the suit and gets the info.

You just know those idiots were stupid enough to discuss their goal of disenfranchisement in emails. That is what they are trying to hide.

[MGKrebs]

33. This is a reason for writing to the commissioners, but

there's not many worth writing to:
https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/meet-members

[jpak]

26. Trump Fail

Win for America

yup

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. He should send them to Hawaii to follow up all the rumours about birth certificates

and also to check up on the guys he sent there a few years ago who then disappeared off the face of the earth.

[progree]

28. So why didn't they just use the records from the several states that provided them?

Ans: because the records don't show more than a small handful of incidents at most.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. Didn't get the results he wanted

[alarimer]

34. This is ominous. DHS is not transparent at all.

Who knows what kind of suppression/intimidation they could do? At least states could push back against this commission and it had to be at least somewhat transparent. But DHS is a deep, dark, evil hole.

[MarkMakers]

37. Yep, He basically turned it over to ICE

And guess who they'll be going after

[alarimer]

42. Anyone with a foreign-looking name.

But probably mostly Hispanic.

[riversedge]

35. nytimes ARTICLE AND STATEMENT FROM WHITE HOUSE......

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-commission.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud
Michael Tackett and Michael Wines
4-5 minutes
President Trump in 2016 with Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state who went on to become a member of the White House voter fraud commission. Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

WASHINGTON — ................................

Richard L. Hasen, a law professor and election law scholar at the University of California, Irvine, was sharply critical of the commission in a blog post.

“The commission was poorly organized and conceived,” he wrote. “It tried to operate to a large extent in secrecy, without recognition that doing so would violate the federal laws that govern presidential commissions and that protect privacy.”

“It made rookie, boneheaded mistakes about handling documents used by the commission, again in violation of federal law. It did not seem to have an endgame,” he wrote.

While Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed there was widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election, he announced the abandonment of the commission late on a day dominated by revelations in a new book about the White House and his presidency. The book, “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff, prompted Mr. Trump to excoriate his former chief political strategist, Stephen K. Bannon.

[yurbud]

39. When Bush Jr. was elected, I thought he would be a C studen'st imitation of his dad's admin....

and he was much, much worse.

Trump is essentially an F student's imitation of Bush Jr.

We are being saved by his incompetence, and some disagreement among our oligarchs about which of us to eat first and how best to cook us.