Fact Check: ‘Non-Citizen’ Voter In James O’Keefe’s Voter Fraud Video Is Actually A Citizen

[johnfunk]

Source: ThinkProgress Justice Blog

Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe released a new video today supposedly exposing voter fraud in North Carolina by highlighting non-citizens like Zbigniew Gorzkowski who have voted in recent elections.

The problem: Gorzkowski is an American citizen.

In fact, if O’Keefe had done a simple Nexis search for “Zbigniew Gorzkowski”, he would have found a single article from the News & Observer in 2008 noting that Gorzkowski and his wife are naturalized citizens:

Customers flock through the red door of Zbigniew “Ziggy” and wife Halina Gorzkowski’s European grocery and flower shop to buy one of the 12 varieties they sell. The pierogis and 400 eastern European food items and flowers are also punching the naturalized citizen couple’s ticket for their version of the American Dream.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/05/15/484462/james-o-keefe-voter-fraud-north-carolina/

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[h2 style="color:red;"]Whoops![/h2]
[p]I'm sure a prompt and contrite apology is forthcoming. Not.

[Scuba]

1. O'Keefe: "How was I to know he was a citizen? He talked funny."

[Grassy Knoll]

2. Doesn't this little Acid Head Realize.....

Breitbart is DEAD!!! And Took His Schtick To HELL with him ? What An embarrassment .

[Bennyboy]

3. If there is one thing I know it is that O'Keefe is not

an acid head. (and I do know that was a toss off line) Acid is mind expanding substance that make you more intelligent (yes it does) by opening you mind to a different reality. Makes you see more facets of any and all subjects.


So no chance O"Keefe is an acid head. Cuz he is a stupid fucker with a one track mind...

[Archae]

4. O'Keefe used to do cocaine with Breitbart...

Hey, just doing the same thing O'Keefe STILL is doing.

[Bennyboy]

8. Coke ain't acid.

Coke is like alcohol, it makes you stupid.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Send the brat to reform school, already

!!

[progressoid]

6. What an ass.

[0rganism]

7. is this not grounds for a slander suit?

"Ziggy" doesn't seem like a "public figure", the threshold of proof should be much lower than the typical targets of rightwing smears.

[Beartracks]

10. Srsly, has O'Keefe ever not lied to "prove" something?

Dude, if you have to fake your evidence all the time... that means there's no evidence. You should perhaps reconsider your position -- as well as your profession.

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[underpants]

11. We found ONE!! We found ONE!! We found ONE!!

er well...... no we didn't ....no matter Fox News will run with it

[surrealAmerican]

12. Who's paying him now?

I thought after the death of his "boss", we'd stop hearing from him.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. He is like herpes...

The gift that keeps on giving.

[They_Live]

14. Join me in flagging this video

on YouTube for being abusive. Let' get it removed. Thanks!

[struggle4progress]

15. From pretend pimp, to pretend telephone repair man, to pretend journalist!

Little Jimmy's career is really taking off!