Trump 'Damaging' Our Democracy With Baseless Voter Fraud Claims, Federal Election Commission Chair

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Source: Newsweek




By Jason Lemon On 8/19/19 at 10:01 AM EDT


Federal Elections Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub called out President Donald Trump on Monday for making repeated and unfounded claims about rampant nationwide voter fraud.

"Facts matter," Weintraub said in a Monday morning interview with CNN's New Day, after anchor John Berman read a letter she had written to Trump, asking him to refrain from repeating baseless claims about voter fraud. "People need to be able to believe what their leaders tell them."

"There is no evidence of rampant voter fraud in 2016, or really in any previous election. People have studied this. Academics have studied this. Lawyers have studied this. The government has studied this. Democrats have studied this. Republicans have studied this, and no one can find any evidence of rampant voter fraud either historically or particularly in the 2016 election," Weintraub explained.

Continuing, she argued that Trump's efforts to "put out information that has no proof, has no evidence behind it, it is ... damaging to our Democracy." Weintraub said that the false claims would cause "people to lose faith" and to "question the results" of elections.

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Trump has repeatedly touted conspiracy theories and claimed that he only lost the popular vote to his 2016 presidential opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, due to "rampant voter fraud." Although Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, he won more states than Clinton and a significant majority of the electoral college......................................

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Trump is doing more than just suggesting--he is telling them it is so at his rallies!!

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[dalton99a]

1. Destruction is all he does.

He is not working for America.

[Moostache]

2. All of this is the same as the run up to 2016...

Trump lies...
Media freaks out, covers only Trump lie...
TV pundits spend 24 hours inviting the usual characters to discuss and tsk tsk...
Trump lies again...
Lather.
Rinse.
Repeat.

Trump has no intention of leaving office in January 2021, win, lose or fraud.

He is telling the same BS stories to his idiot base as always..."they" are trying to take down "us", "I" am the 'best president, maybe ever, we'll have to see what happens...', but 'they' want to only damage 'your favorite president'...

And on and on and on.
I loathe that man with the intensity of colliding supernovas, and I renew my daily wish for him to die of a massive stroke TODAY.

[dalton99a]

4. +1. It's the same old shit - and the media will be talking about it all day

[brutus smith]

3. Why does anyone listen to what this POS says

We should not, nor should the media repeat his tweets. He controls the narrative when they are repeated.

[Blue Owl]

5. Paper ballots transparently counted and handled would put to rest any doubts

[brooklynite]

7. Of course it won't

Trump started out saying he lost by 3,000,000 votes because people voted multiple times for Clinton.

[Grins]

6. While waiting for the usual ad hominum attack from the Reich...know this

Federal Elections Commission Chair, Ellen Weintraub, is a Democrat, so expect a push-back from the Reich-wing.

And know that she came to the FEC via a recess appointment in December 2002, and renominated on January 9, 2003 - by George W. Bush.

She was confirmed by unanimous consent on March 18, 2003. When Republicans were in the majority.

[riversedge]

8. Thanks for information.

[maxsolomon]

9. Can she be forced out? She's dared to question the Fuhrer.

If she can be forced out, it's coming. Along with vindictive retribution.

[duforsure]

10. Its just more clues showing

He's working for Putin, not the American people, and he's doing everything he can to hurt OUR Democracy , and undermine the rule of law, among many other things he's doing to hurt us all. He's a criminal and a con man, and justice will prevail and he will be held fully accountable. There should be a commission investigating all corruption in OUR government now. Or this will be getting a lot worse.

[Talitha]

11. I've said this before: The Burden Of Proof Is On The Accuser.

Instead of everyone jumping like a bunch of puppets every time this
insane fool makes an accusation, we should shout "Prove It" and
keep shouting it as a response to every insane 'proof' he offers.
Problem is, he'll love the attention.

[Yonnie3]

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