Member of Trump voter fraud commission: Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud an 'urban legend'
Source: The Hill
BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 01/04/18 09:36 AM EST
A member of President Trump's voter fraud commission that was dissolved this week said Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud are an "urban legend."
"I think it's a wild goose chase. I think it's an urban legend that there's widespread voter fraud in the U.S.," Jefferson County Presiding Probate Judge Alan King said, according to AL.com.
"I hope (the Department of Homeland Security and White House officials) will start focus on real issues instead of made-up issues."
King, a Democrat, was one of the members on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He was also the only Alabama representative.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/367396-member-of-trump-voter-fraud-commission-trumps-claims-of-widespread-voter
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)More like a convenient phrase to rile up the racists and using that lie to enact laws that cause disenfranchisement.
bmbmd
(3,088 posts)is a synonym for outright lie.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,077 posts)... the states with the highest per capita rate of alcoholics/drunks tend to be red.
[link:https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/these-states-consume-the-most-alcohol-per-capita?slide=2|
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Everybody hold your breath.
Those tax returns are coming, too.