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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:09 PM Jan 2017

WH Spox: Trump's Voter Fraud Probe Will Look At Big Blue States

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published JANUARY 25, 2017, 2:02 PM EDT

White House press secretary Sean Spicer suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump's investigation into election fraud he claims cost him the popular vote will focus on "urban areas" in primarily Democratic states like New York and California.

"This isn't just about the 2016 election. This is about the integrity of our voting system," Spicer said, responding to a reporter's question on Trump's announcement that he will order an investigation into voter fraud.

"Attorneys who were representing the President-elect during the recounts in several states emphatically stated 'All available evidence suggests the 2016 election was not tainted by fraud or mistake,'" the reporter pressed. "How do you square those two things?"

"There's a lot of states that we didn't compete in where that's not necessarily the case. You look at California and New York, we didn't look at those two states in particular," Spicer said. "I mean, as the president has noted before, he campaigned to win the electoral college, not the popular vote."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-trump-lost-popular-vote-to-fraud-but-wasnt-trying

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WH Spox: Trump's Voter Fraud Probe Will Look At Big Blue States (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
That's Psycho-Dad talking again BeyondGeography Jan 2017 #1
oh my--so the big man is going to single out big states like NY and CA!! whow!! riversedge Jan 2017 #2
The Mayor bdamomma Jan 2017 #17
Trump is moving the goal post-from 3-5 million people he claims fraud against to broad riversedge Jan 2017 #3
So ALL The Blue States Will Be Investigated For Voter Fraud Because He Did Not Win Them. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #4
NM had an exhaustive investigation when Susana Martinez (R-COW) took over Warpy Jan 2017 #14
We have one! Bannon is registered in New York and Florida underpants Jan 2017 #5
Tiffany Trump, too! He should clean up his own house, eh? n/t susanna Jan 2017 #11
So, a mentally ill person says something off the top of his head and we are going to spend millions world wide wally Jan 2017 #6
Watch, the dam GOP will make up cases of fraud to justify their witch hunt onetexan Jan 2017 #7
But will we find out how many Russian votes got counted? TeamPooka Jan 2017 #8
Great idea..... safeinOhio Jan 2017 #9
All those "Clinton and Trump are alike" threads seem like 50 years ago now... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #10
Of the 25 cities with the highest murder rates in the U.S. jayschool2013 Jan 2017 #12
They probably think if they look at a big blue state... Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #13
Pretty dumb to reveal their scheme so early. lagomorph777 Jan 2017 #15
This is about voter suppression BadgerMom Jan 2017 #16
Oh Jesus Fucking Christ... titaniumsalute Jan 2017 #18
The media needs to cease treating him as if he is a normal person BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #19

bdamomma

(63,955 posts)
17. The Mayor
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:49 PM
Jan 2017

of New York should throw his ass out of the TOWER!

Stupid a$$ man, he wants those blue states to bow down to him that is NOT happening.

He clearly has a mental illness.

riversedge

(70,420 posts)
3. Trump is moving the goal post-from 3-5 million people he claims fraud against to broad
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:12 PM
Jan 2017

state issues of election messiness.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. So ALL The Blue States Will Be Investigated For Voter Fraud Because He Did Not Win Them.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:12 PM
Jan 2017

Trump believes he should have won ALL the states. That ALL the states he lost illegals voted against him and he lost. GOD DAMN THAT PRICK.

Warpy

(111,419 posts)
14. NM had an exhaustive investigation when Susana Martinez (R-COW) took over
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:35 PM
Jan 2017

It found four cases of outright voter fraud. Three were Texans with vacation property here who voted in both states. All four cases were Republicans.

And Martinez had been so sure undocumented Mexicans had been voting in huge numbers. Uh, they weren't. She didn't even have enough class to apologize for the waste of taxpayer money.

world wide wally

(21,758 posts)
6. So, a mentally ill person says something off the top of his head and we are going to spend millions
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:18 PM
Jan 2017

of dollars investigating it as we cut back on everything else?

I guess this is what makes America great again

onetexan

(13,078 posts)
7. Watch, the dam GOP will make up cases of fraud to justify their witch hunt
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:19 PM
Jan 2017

and to prove the idiot's paranoia (or lie) that there are millions who voted fraudulently.

jayschool2013

(2,317 posts)
12. Of the 25 cities with the highest murder rates in the U.S.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:12 PM
Jan 2017

Of the 25 cities with the highest murder rates in the U.S., 17 are in red states.

Yet Hair Twitler wants to send in the feds to rein in the "carnage" in No. 24, Chicago, which also just happens to be in a blue state.

Hmmm.

[link:http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/11/01/americas-25-murder-capitals/2/|

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
13. They probably think if they look at a big blue state...
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:18 PM
Jan 2017

They will have better odds of finding a few instances of fraud (like Bannon!) that they can stomp their feet about for awhile.

These guys are such hacks.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
15. Pretty dumb to reveal their scheme so early.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:38 PM
Jan 2017

If he didn't enjoy the Women's marches, wait 'til he sees the 99% marches.

BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)
16. This is about voter suppression
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:45 PM
Jan 2017

Los Angeles saw 750,000 marchers Saturday. Gov. Brown challenged hm last night. His patsy Thiel is looking to run for Gov. Brown's seat. Thank god we have a Dem as Secretary of State. Assholes!

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
18. Oh Jesus Fucking Christ...
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:53 PM
Jan 2017

stop it already you pathetic asshole. I hope you get a torn colon and die of shit poisoning.

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