Leahy On Trump Voter Fraud Investigation: 'Absurd, Even For Him'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published JANUARY 25, 2017, 1:52 PM EDT
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called President Donald Trump’s announcement of an imminent investigation into voter fraud “absurd, even for him” on Wednesday.
Leahy called Trump’s baseless claims that 3 to 5 million people voting illegally caused him to lose the popular vote to Hillary Clinton another “dangerous falsehood.”
“President Trump’s call for an investigation into his latest conspiracy theory is absurd, even for him,” Leahy wrote in a statement emailed to reporters. “The President’s own press secretary could offer no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election. No studies support the President’s view. No Secretary of State anywhere in this country, Republican or Democrat, has reported any evidence that supports the President’s view. Even the President’s own lawyers stated in a court filing that, ‘All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake.’”
“The President’s dangerous falsehoods must stop,” the statement continued. “I hope that congressional Republicans can explain to President Trump that he should be reaching out to all Americans rather than furthering the divisive campaign rhetoric he used on the trail.”
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issue from ongoing voter suppression/gerrymandering/changing vote totals by hacking.
