GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims 'ludicrous'

[DonViejo]

Source: Bridge Michigan


June 23, 2021
Jonathan Oosting

LANSING —A months-long Republican investigation into Michigan’s 2020 election uncovered no evidence of widespread fraud and concluded Wednesday with a recommendation the attorney general investigate those who made false claims for "personal gain."

The 35-page report prepared by Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, dives deep to debunk conspiracy theories perpetuated by former President Donald Trump and some of his supporters in the wake of the Michigan election, which Democratic President Joe Biden won by 154,188 votes.

While the Senate Oversight Committee investigation revealed some “glaring issues” and vulnerabilities the Legislature should fix, “there is no evidence presented at this time to prove either significant acts of fraud or that an organized, wide-scale effort to commit fraudulent activity was perpetrated in order to subvert the will of Michigan voters,” McBroom wrote.

"Our clear finding is that citizens should be confident the results represent the true results of the ballots cast by the people of Michigan," the report concluded. “The committee strongly recommends citizens use a critical eye and ear toward those who have pushed demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain.”



Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/gop-investigation-finds-no-michigan-vote-fraud-deems-many-claims-ludicrous

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NO PAYWALL ^^^^

[bahboo]

1. well how about that...

[lagomorph777]

2. When Repigs fly...

Seems there are a few Americans left in that party.

[smb]

3. Cheato Must Be Fuming That He Can't Send Angry Tweets nt

[keithbvadu2]

4. Must be RINOs

???

[oswaldactedalone]

5. And, of course, losers.

[Thunderbeast]

6. I sense the wheels falling off of the Trump Bandwagon

The adults in the Republican Party are beginning to see a bleak future....and they want their party back.

Much of the story will be told in the dynamics of right-wing media. Will Fox News pivot to a more moderate position...ceding the crazies to Newsmax and OAN?

I hope that an airing of the corruption and Russian entanglements coming out of the courts will awaken the shell-shocked moderates. We need a range of ideas competing for policy decisions.

I may be dreaming, but I hope a new breed of leaders emerges from the ashes of the current GOP. I hope they bring policy-based visions rooted in the common good.

Can the current generation of kooks in the party be purged as their leaders are exposed and jailed? I certainly hope so.

[groundloop]

13. "policy-based visions rooted in the common good" - GOPers ????????

Sorry, but I have to take strong exception to that statement. GOPer policy will be always be aligned with what's best for the top 1 percent, no matter who is in charge. Some simply see the writing on the wall that they'll go down in flames with such an overtly criminal enterprise leading their party.

[catbyte]

7. We intelligent Michiganders knew that by November 5. The sorehead snowflakes should've told

themselves what they so arrogantly crowed to us back in 2016, "You lost. Get over it. Move on."

What a goddamned waste of money and time. And those who pushed these very dangerous and ludicrous "voter fraud" claims should have the book thrown at them.

[Bayard]

8. Will this get as much airtime as the fraudits?

[oldsoftie]

28. Sadly, no. nt

[mpcamb]

9. To change votes, there needs to be an accounting of what it cost the state- recounts, investigation,

tax dollars shot down the toilet chasing a provably false charge.

Make it about dollars and cents if you want to change votes to the Democratic side of the ballot.
Otherwise it's time and money wasted.

[dianaredwing]

10. I suspect that is because

the only fraud to be found was Republican

[Grins]

11. Doesn't matter. "The base" will never accept it.

Ever. They were told what to believe and that hasn’t changed.

[jmbar2]

12. This is a really good report, but then I'm kind of geeky...

They take each specific fraud allegation, explain how they investigated it, test to see whether the fraud was even possible, present their results and conclusions.

This should be a model for examining voter fraud claims wherever they are proclaimed. They pretty much cover all the bases.



https://misenategopcdn.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/99/doccuments/20210623/SMPO_2020ElectionReport_2.pdf

[reACTIONary]

22. Thanks! I like well written reports also. Nt

[HuskyOffset]

14. Seems logical

The 35-page report prepared by Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan

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[Marcuse]

18. NT

[Marthe48]

15. Okay, now get rid of gerrymandering and voter supression

and we'll be back on track.

[WarGamer]

16. +1000

Amazing thing is... they found ZERO fraud. Not a single case.

[Marcuse]

17. No text

[KS Toronado]

19. Love the last line.......

“The committee strongly recommends citizens use a critical eye and ear toward those who have pushed
demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain.”

Wish it would have read...." use a critical eye and ear toward tRump who has pushed demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain.”

Believe he's the #1 person they were talking about....

[MissMillie]

20. Believe it or not, I just read the report

It's very thorough.

It SHOULD be enough to settle the issue once and for all.

But of course, there are people who will never be convinced.


The people of Michigan should be proud of the people who run their elections. These are hard-working people who have been falsely accused of "looking the other way." This report shows, that the claims of fraud were indeed investigated.


Good work, Michigan.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. The whole premise was ludicrous from the get-go

We Democrats know. Our kind lacks the expertise to cheat well, let alone massively. Also, if we were that good, wouldn't we have a majority of like 72% to 30% by now?

So what the Big Liar crowd is saying? That they themselves are figuring how to cheat, disenfranchise, steal, rig.

That's what I see anyway.

[Blue Owl]

23. Suck it Donny you fat piece of shit

[imax2268]

24. well of course...

it was for personal gain. They are all running a grift on Cheetolini's supporters because they will gladly donate all their money.

[Crowman2009]

25. Those hearings were just a cavalcade of crazy!

Let's see there were the backwoods nutjobs, a mustached man who looked rather creepy, the racist Indian woman, the blond drunk ex-con, and Giuliani's constant flatulence.

[William Gustafson]

26. And yet, they still passed a voters suppression law right after that report came out....

https://overorbit.com/michigan-republicans-debunk-the-big-lie-then-call-for-more-voter-suppression/

[Rhiannon12866]

27. Rachel Maddow reported on this tonight - video:

Republicans Debunk MI Voter Fraud Claims; Push To Restrict Voting Anyway - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017663436

[oldsoftie]

29. Cant WAIT to hear the "results" of the AZ fiasco. nt

[mountain grammy]

30. We'll if the republicans say it

It just might make the “news” right after the 5 minute breathless lead about teaching critical race theory cause that’s the “news” of the week.

[mountain grammy]

31. Well if the republicans say it

It just might make the “news” right after the 5 minute breathless lead about teaching critical race theory cause that’s the “news” of the week. 🤬

[SouthBayDem]

32. T___p lashes out at Michigan Republican senators after report refutes fraud claims

In a statement released through his "Save America PAC," T___p said that Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, and Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, the senator who headed the election investigation, "are doing everything possible to stop voter audits in order to hide the truth" about what happened.

T___p's statement also singled out Detroit as "the most corrupt election city in the U.S." and repeated earlier refuted claims related to the vote count there. In fact, T___p did better in Detroit in November than he did in 2016 against Democrat Hillary Clinton.

He urged voters to call the offices of Shirkey and McBroom and "get them to do the right thing," or "vote them the hell out of office." Shirkey is term-limited. McBroom, who chairs the Senate Oversight Committee, is not.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/06/24/trump-gop-republican-senators-fraud-claims-michigan/7778410002/