Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: GOP operatives discussed ginning up 'voter fraud' reports

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http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2016/09/15/gop-operatives-discussed-ginning-up-voter-fraud-reports/90379224/

Some of what is reported by the Guardian U.S. in its story on leaked John Doe documents had been previously disclosed, but there was also a good bit of new stuff...

...Republican insiders discussed ginning up concerns over voter fraud in the days after then-Supreme Court Justice David Prosser narrowly defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg in April 2011.

"Do we need to start messaging 'widespread reports of election fraud' so we are positively set up for the recount regardless of the final number? I obviously think we should," wrote Steve Baas, a senior vice president with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, to a group of conservative operatives on April 6, 2011, a day after the Prosser-Kloppenburg contest.

"Yes. Anything fishy should be highlighted," wrote former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, a Republican. "Stories should be solicited by talk show hosts."

[barbtries]

1. it somehow always amazes me

to learn what slime republicans are. i'm not sure why.

my republican family members are people i love, but how can they still be republican? they're totally propagandized imo. at least my sister liked a story about trump that i shared on fb. at least i can rest easy about her vote this year.

i hate republicans. i don't know if the country will outlive them at this point.