Trump Executive Order on Voter Fraud Quietly Stalled

[riversedge]

Source: AP






NEW YORK — Feb 4, 2017, 3:41 AM ET




President Donald Trump's heated rush to launch what he said would be a "major investigation" into voter fraud has cooled, leaving White House staff uncertain when it will come to pass or what shape it will take.

An executive action commissioning the probe is still planned but could be several weeks away, two senior administration officials said Friday. Although Trump instructed staff to jump on the project last week, he has not discussed the issue in recent days, according to two other people in close touch with the president. All demanded anonymity to discuss private conversations.

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The indefinite delay comes as some of Trump's advisers counseled him to abandon the idea, arguing it was a distraction from more pressing issues. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in last November's election. Trump won the Electoral College vote but lost the popular vote by nearly 2.9 million votes to Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The episode is a striking example of the new president's mercurial streak and his willingness to impulsively seize on ideas with little planning and sometimes later reverse course when encountering obstacles or criticism..........................

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Seems the so-called President might have learned something???

[tenorly]

1. That must have been on Uncle Vlad's advice.

Heaven forbid that while scouring for non-existent fraudulent black voters, his hackers' handiwork in MI, PA, and WI be uncovered.

[cstanleytech]

5. Or heaven forbid that an investigation uncover massive voter fraud all right

but being committed by the Republicans which could explain their sudden resistance to an actual investigation into voter fraud taking place especially since they milked the fear of voter fraud to pass restrictive laws that made it difficult for voters to vote.

[tenorly]

6. Well said. There must thousands of Leslie Rutledges out there.

What with Citizens United, financing GOP voter fraud must be a cinch.

[cstanleytech]

7. My guess is though if its taking place is that its going to be where most of us suspected which is

with the computers that count the votes themselves, all they have to do is to be programmed to pad the numbers throughout a voting district that traditionally leans Republican and that way it looks legit like a Republican won.

[tenorly]

9. Absolutely. This is why the GOPee is so insistent on electronic voting AND tabulation.

Neo-fascists in other countries are trying to do the same thing - notably in Latin America, where right-wing interests have been relying on it for years: http://www.democraticunderground.com/110848771

[Squinch]

2. Everything he has proposed has either been reversed or overridden. The man is a total failure.

Thank God.

The exception are those things that failed miserably like the Yemen raid that he was too busy to check in on and abort when it became obvious it needed aborting.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Right after he sends private investigators to Hawaii to get to the bottom of the birth certificate

That's when it'll happen.

[vlyons]

4. Mr Bluster

Mr Bluster is all a-fluster
Makes up orders by the cluster
Then his words lose all their luster
As his Staff tries to adjuster.

[OldRedneck]

8. If his staff . . .

. . . if his staff says nothing more about it, he'll forget it. In fact, it's likely he already has forgotten. He has the attention span of an 8-inch cement block.

[underpants]

10. After a 2 week clustertrump it appears that they are getting their act together

at least in terms of organization

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141691064

[Gothmog]

11. Trump lied about voter fraud and was called on his lies

[kwassa]

12. Trump doesn't learn, he just changes direction.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Great work folks! Resistance is utile (useful and effective). . . nt

[kimbutgar]

14. They talked him down because they would find overwhelming evidence that the election

Results in red states were manipulated to favor rethugs. We won more votes for the White House, senate and House of Representatives. But gerrymandering and the way the senate gives more power to low populated Wyoming than California with 2 senators is bullshit.