Posted on 11/25/2016 10:01:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Officials in the Obama administration threw cold water on the effort to recount votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania on Friday.
The effort was spearheaded by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who echoed arguments that Russia may have hacked US voting machines to interfere with the outcome of the November 8 election.
A statement from the Obama administration cited by The New York Times acknowledged that the Kremlin likely expected the hacking of some Democratic Party entities in the run-up to Election Day to raise questions about the voting process and the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump's victory.
"Nevertheless, we stand behind our election results, which accurately reflect the will of the American people," the statement read.
Speculation that electronic voting machines could be hacked has largely been debunked, primarily because the machines are not connected to the internet.
Stein contended that this was a "hack-riddled election," that warrants a second look at the votes. Trump won by thin margins in the three states Stein aims to contest.
The Green Party sought to raise $7 million to fund the recount. Fundraising surpassed the $5 million mark on Friday. For her part, Stein only received one percent of the vote nationally.
Election officials in Wisconsin accepted a recount petition on Friday and announced that the effort was underway....
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Anyone else chuckle at the understated tone here?
Well we all know the possibility of Russian hackers taking victory from Stein. She could have won.......you KNOW she could have if it weren’t for compromising the voting machines. You go girl............/s
Well we all know the possibility of Russian hackers taking victory from Stein. She could have won.......you KNOW she could have if it weren’t for compromising the voting machines. You go girl............/s
Which is why she wants a recount of Michigan.
Which uses only paper ballots.
Why is the Obama administration taking this position?
These libtards are too stupid to be taken seriously. If the voting machines were hacked, a recount will come up with the same result no matter how many times they do it. Why the hell do they need $7 million?
Yea. I picked out the same statement. Incredible that it even had to be debunked. How stupid are people?
Question about this.
Wasn’t precedence set in 2000 when the Florida ‘rats only wanted to recount democrat precincts, and SCOTUS said that they had to recount them all?
They hate Hillary and Bill?
quick, someone call this in to the washington post and new york times!
hurry!!
/s
Maybe the Obama administration does not want Mr Trump to look into places where Dems most likely cheated. Mr Trump just appointed a libertarian leaning election lawyer as his chief counsel. :)
New administration might be WAY ahead of the game.
Why? Because any recount they can’t control will reveal the massive Democrapic vote fraud especially in the D-machine-controlled big cities
It’s possible thar Stein just needs to pay off her own campaign debts...or...she too “scam” lessons from Hillary.
“Why is the Obama administration taking this position?”
It pushes the Clintons aside pretty much for good. They have to be weary of the Clinton pratfalls and exposures. They don’t even seem to try to conceal their corruption.
And, by default, it leaves Obama with the most weight of authority, such as it is.
how does this ninny explain the senate & house elections? they were not good for the dems. clearly there was um...a ...TREND on election night. Including WI with the reelection of Ron Johnson.
I mean, now that Castro's dead, there's one more vote guaranteed for Hillary.
“Why is the Obama administration taking this position?”
Two reasons:
1. Obola hates the Clintons
2. They know nothing will be found and it will further ruin the RAT Party.
And Barack Obama gets to look wise.
Everyone knows that since the USSR fell, but really ever since he was a little kid, Putin has been plotting to keep Jill Stein out of the presidency.
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