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Trump stirs fear with voter fraud probe.
The Hill ^ | Jan. 25, 2017 | Jordan Fabian and Jonathan Easley

Posted on 01/26/2017 8:45:55 AM PST by Innovative

President Trump stirred bipartisan controversy on Wednesday by pledging to launch a “major investigation” into his baseless claim that widespread voter fraud cost him the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump’s assertion that as many as 3 million illegal ballots were cast has been disputed by news organizations, state attorneys general and academics who study voter fraud claims. Even Trump’s own legal team conceded last year that there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the election, as part of a court challenge against a recount effort in three Midwestern states. 

Trump reiterated the charge in a Monday meeting with congressional leaders. After a reporter asked White House press secretary Sean Spicer Tuesday why Trump wouldn’t investigate whether such widespread voter fraud had occurred, Trump called for a “major investigation” in a Wednesday tweet.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fraud; trump; voterfraud; voting
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To: Innovative

Why would an illegal register to vote, unless they actually planned to vote?


21 posted on 01/26/2017 8:56:55 AM PST by toast
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To: Innovative

Wouldn’t it be interesting to learn that Obama didn’t really win either of his elections?

What are the chances?


22 posted on 01/26/2017 8:57:11 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of :-)Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Resettozero

“I haven’t seen any evidence to that effect,”
This is a huge problem. The only reason Trump won was because it was a landslide that overshadowed the fraud. The motor voter law in California is all the evidence you need. This is one of the most important issues of our time. Lets make sure the people registered to vote have the constitutional right to vote.
Illegal voting is a felony. Prosecute a few and the problem will quickly dry up.
Yes it is time to investigate, document and prosecute.


23 posted on 01/26/2017 8:57:50 AM PST by antenna
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To: Gaffer

EVERYBODY, even the sh*t-stupid dems, admit that Nixon probably won in 1960.

So 57 years later... ????


24 posted on 01/26/2017 8:58:33 AM PST by samtheman (delete * from executive orders where author=obama)
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To: Innovative

Click on link or pic for video of voter fraud taking place in Nevada

25 posted on 01/26/2017 8:58:34 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Innovative

According to Obama, “when you cast a vote, you are a citizen”.

So there can be no fraud since everyone who voted is now officially a citizen.


26 posted on 01/26/2017 8:59:14 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: Innovative

Hey, it wasn’t his idea, it was the media’s idea.


27 posted on 01/26/2017 9:02:11 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: DEPcom
I can see people being register in two States. Is there a process to deregister from a State if you move to another state.

My town in Massachusetts sends an annual form listing all the residents on record as residing at each address, and an indication of which residents are registered to vote.

You have to make corrections/additions, sign the form and return it. Failure to do so results in removal from voter registration files.

28 posted on 01/26/2017 9:03:05 AM PST by Maceman (Love TRUMPS Hate. Love of America, liberty and the Constitution TRUMPS left wing hatred.)
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To: Innovative
Video: VOTER FRAUD PROVEN IN NEVADA!
29 posted on 01/26/2017 9:03:55 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Resettozero

Democrat voter fraud has been legend since I was a kid, back in the late 1940s. I hope and pray that Trump launches a serious investigation.


30 posted on 01/26/2017 9:05:03 AM PST by Tucker39 (In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
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To: samtheman

Yes, but all that seems to matter is the hold-over MSM lies. Trump and Spicer are doing a lot of good de-idolizing the WH Press Corps and putting them in their place. Those smug a$$holes need to be taken down several notches.

Every damned one of them big-few sat in the press room and had this frigging smug, pompous leer and look about them. They should actually end up standing in the damn back of the room instead of sitting in the front.

F@ck them. They are infuriating.


31 posted on 01/26/2017 9:05:20 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Innovative

32 posted on 01/26/2017 9:05:27 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Innovative

33 posted on 01/26/2017 9:05:30 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Innovative
To me, voter fraud - limited to that potentially committed by illegal aliens - is a virtual certainty, and anyone who denies it is a liar. I don't care what their credentials are.

Dems ALWAYS oppose ANY attempt to require ID for voter registration, and they do this for a reason: they know many of their supporters could not provide legitimate ID. In the lead-up to this election, California alone fast-tracked driver's licenses to more than 800,000 illegals.

There are somewhere between 12 and 20 million illegals in this country. If only one in ten voted, that is more than a million votes.
34 posted on 01/26/2017 9:05:55 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Innovative
"President Trump stirred bipartisan controversy on Wednesday by pledging to launch a “major investigation” into his baseless claim ..."

How they hell do they know it's 'baseless'...?

Jill Stein's recount showed there were more votes for hilLIARy than the number of people who walked through the door...

35 posted on 01/26/2017 9:07:40 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: Resettozero
"his baseless claim"

It is no more "baseless" than the claims of scientists who assert - with no proof, that thousands of species become extinct every year because of global warming.

Trump's claim is a plausible INFERENCE based on the millions of illegals and the refusal of many jurisdictions to seriously check for proof of citizenship.
36 posted on 01/26/2017 9:08:26 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Innovative
Voter fraud ? What voter fraud? Voter Fraud
37 posted on 01/26/2017 9:09:00 AM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Maceman

Nearly ten years ago, my daughter moved from my house to a different county in the same state. I think she’s re-registered in her new county, but I still receive a ballot for her. I just throw it away. The state apparently isn’t very organized on this matter.


38 posted on 01/26/2017 9:11:59 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Maceman

Nearly ten years ago, my daughter moved from my house to a different county in the same state. I think she’s re-registered in her new county, but I still receive a ballot for her. I just throw it away. The state apparently isn’t very organized on this matter.


39 posted on 01/26/2017 9:12:03 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: P-Marlowe

Sooooooo, Obama tells ILLEGALS that they are CITIZENS when they VOTE!! omg..he’s ABETTING a Criminal ACT!!


40 posted on 01/26/2017 9:12:33 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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