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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/in-private-meeting-pence-vows-full-evaluation-of-voting-rolls-over-claims-of-voting-fraud/2017/01/27/1c1fa1de-e49a-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.htmlIn private meeting, Pence vows full evaluation of voting rolls over claims of voting fraud
By Mike Debonis January 27 at 11:49 AM
In a private meeting with congressional Republicans this week, Vice President Pence vowed that the Trump administration would pursue a wide-ranging probe of voting rolls in the United States to examine whether millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election as President Trump has charged.
What I can tell you is that I would anticipate that the administration is going to initiate a full evaluation of voting rules in the country, the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election, Pence told Republican lawmakers during a question-and-answer session at their annual policy retreat in Philadelphia this week.
The vice presidents comments, captured in a recording obtained by The Post, give the clearest picture yet of how the Trump administration intends to investigate whether three to five million people voted illegally in the 2016 election, an unsupported claim President Trump has made.
In the recording, Pence invoked a Pew Research study that Trump has falsely claimed shows widespread voter fraud.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,172 posts)dalton99a
(81,442 posts)wiggs
(7,811 posts)'found' a badly forged letter in Italy and a drunk German 'curveball'...proof positive they were trying to buy Uranium and build mobile bio weapons labs. Both easily disproven, both held up by an empowered administration as reason enough to go to war. it worked and they got away with it.
This bunch appears to be half again as unconcerned about truth as W's devious group was....they will 'find' evidence of voter fraud one way or the other. And it won't be the Russians or Tiffany or Bannon.
Trump will singlehandedly save democracy due to the greatest investigation ever. Not only will it prove he won the popular vote, the gop will pick up the Trump's torch of maniacal obsession and run with it as reason to spend 25 billion on a symbolic, useless wall...and end sanctuary cities....deport dreamers....and install even more stringent voter ID laws...and cut safety nets that might benefit someone undeserving thereby affording tax cuts. We laugh at Trumps pathetic obsession with image, but much more is on the line than popular vote totals. With the gop, the ends always justify the means.
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)Idiots.
tibbiit
(1,601 posts)The wonderful MSM will pull this out to prove Pence was not involved with/in the Russian/Republican Coup. He is concerned about the integrity of the voting systems! They will show he was concerned even though we know its bs.
tib
Loge23
(3,922 posts)That's the intent here. They will start with the poor and disenfranchised voters who cannot defend themselves nor jump through the hoops the invaders will place to prove legitimacy.
These are vile, traitorous cowards and should be dealt with accordingly.
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)of Democratically leaning American citizens. Their intent is that Dems never get elected into power again.
This is not crazy talk or delusion on their part, but a very deliberate and intentional policy. They're just acting delusional to distract people.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)It is no accident that this taps into xenophobic anxiety, and is initiating an attack on something black citizens fought hard for and hold dear.
The multiple registrations among Trump administration is probably news they leaked to provide "evidence" for how easy it is to vote fraudulently. This confluence of events is not a deep dark conspiracy and people are missing the obvious strategy by joining the call for investigations (which would be partisan and biased under this administration) over the registration hypocrisy and suggesting Trump lies randomly because he's delusional.