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spanone

(135,819 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:28 PM Jan 2017

OOPS!!! Trump-cited study author (still) refuses to show proof of voter fraud

(CNN)The author of a study that claims to show millions of illegal votes were cast in the presidential election refused to produce evidence support his allegation during a contentious and lengthy interview with CNN.

In 12-minute exchange with CNN's Chris Cuomo Friday, VoteStand founder Gregg Phillips alleged he has the names of three million individuals who voted illegally, but that he needs more time to prepare a public report to ensure accuracy and because the work is being completed by volunteers.

"We're going to release all of this to the public. We are going to release our methodology and release the broad data and our conclusions and we're going to release everything to the public as soon as we get done with the checks," he said, when pressed by Cuomo. &quot We) believe it will probably take another few months to get this done."

Phillips' remarks were apparently noticed by Trump, who tweeted minutes later that he was looking forward to reviewing the results of the investigation.


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madaboutharry

(40,207 posts)
2. The President of The United States is an ignoramus.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:32 PM
Jan 2017

How much embarrassment and shame will America suffer from this fool?

He is so pathological that not only does he think his own lies are true, he thinks everyone else's lies are also true.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. I think the guy is just unstable.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:21 AM
Jan 2017

He believes his and other bs because he can't discern truth from lying.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
6. I'm going to go out on a limb here...
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:49 PM
Jan 2017
...and state unequivocally that Gregg Phillips has absolutely NO VERIFIABLE DATA and has basically pulled all of this out of his lying ass.

spanone

(135,819 posts)
7. and yet, his 'study' (wink-wink-nudge-nudge) was cited as proof by the president of the USA
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:52 PM
Jan 2017

this is way too crazy

Raster

(20,998 posts)
8. It boggles the mind. There is just no way to truly quantify the absolute absurdity...
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:56 PM
Jan 2017
...tRump is NOT a mentally well person. NOT. He is so fucking consumed with THE FACT that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton that he is willing to grasp at the feeblest of straws and blatantly, bold-faced lie to the American public.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
12. I am willing to bet that if he does have data
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:35 AM
Jan 2017

The data is from people changing counties or states sometime during the year before the election. I am a case in point. I changed counties in my old state, then I moved to another state. Fortunately, I was still in the second county of the first state when the county that I moved from sent out the annual voter certification form. I filled the form out saying that I had moved from the county and should be removed from the voting roles. I did not reregister in the first state before moving. I did register in the second state and voted ONLY there. Now, if I had not been lucky enough to be around when the voter certification letter came, I would have moved to another state and been registered in two states - although I voted in only the state that I live in. This Phillips guy knows that he can throw out the "data" and the Press won't check it because that would involve going to the County Registrars of each county each person is registered in and determining whether each person on the list voted in more than one county - that is meticulous investigative work that the Press has shown it has no stomach for.

True Dough

(17,301 posts)
13. It was very apparent on CNN
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:42 AM
Jan 2017

that Phillips doesn't have the goods. He was getting defensive in the interview. Said he would release the names of all the fraudulent voters then said it wasn't his decision. Then denied he said all the names would be released.

He was angry, but squirming.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
10. Republicans are good at that trick.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:18 AM
Jan 2017

Lie to get eyeballs on their lie. Then produce no evidence to support their claims. Soon the Press is off chasing some other car tire, but the lie has been planted in the brains of the idiotic, unfortunately, many of whom vote every election.

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