Trump Just Undermined The Work Of His Own Election Integrity Probe

[TomCADem]

Source: Huffington Post

President Donald Trump cast doubt about the neutrality of a commission he created to investigate “election integrity,” tweeting that it was a probe focused on voter fraud.

Critics have warned that the creation of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is just a way of looking for voter fraud, which several previous probes have found is not a widespread problem. Trump himself confirmed those fears when he labeled the probe a “voter fraud panel” in a tweet Saturday morning and suggested election officials ― including at least one Republican ― were concealing information about illegal voters.

The White House has sought to present the panel, created in May, as a bipartisan, neutral effort to investigate confidence in elections. In a conference call mapping out logistics for the commission this week, Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), who are leading the commission, told commissioners they were open to whatever the commission would find and didn’t want anyone to have preconceived notions about what its conclusions would be. Appearing on MSNBC Friday, Kobach, who has a history of stoking fears about voter fraud, said the purpose of the panel wasn’t to confirm Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that millions voted illegally in the 2016 election. Kobach said Friday “we may never know” if that’s true.

Trump’s revealing tweet came after several states refused to comply with the commission’s request for voter information, saying they would not assist the commission in painting an inaccurate picture of fraud. Some states, including Kobach’s Kansas, have said they are legally prohibited from providing the commission with some of the sensitive information requested, such as the last four digits of voters’ Social Security numbers.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voter-fraud-investigation_us_5957c971e4b0da2c7323d93c?cvx&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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I guess the Justice Department will need to convince the Court once again to ignore Trump's tweets that the purpose of the panel is justify his claim that he won the popular vote because illegal voters voted for Hillary Clinton.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Mueller can just add this to his file

which is bulging at the seams for this guy.

[moonscape]

9. I'm thinking his desk collapsed under the weight of them n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

20. !!! 😜

[NastyRiffraff]

2. He just wants to prove

that he really, truly, definitely, absolutely won the popular vote by 6 zillion gillion votes.

Keep on tweeting, Dump!

[Dustlawyer]

3. Please Mr. Mueller, investigate Kobach for voter suppression.

We know his "Cross Check" was created just for that purpose!

[Matthew28]

4. Trump is evil but extremely stupid

[bullimiami]

6. I'm starting to actually believe that he has degraded mental faculty

[FrodosNewPet]

24. I don't really think he is stupid. His base is, he is not.

The evil part, 100.

[wasupaloopa]

5. I think if you have the last four digits of a person's

social security number and the date of birth you can get the first five then you have the whole number.

[Lucky Luciano]

14. Highly improbable.

My brother and I have the same first five digits and different birthdays by almost two years. However, we got our SS numbers on the same day...

[Hestia]

23. Same with us, four siblings and our SS#'s are only separated by the last digit.

[sarge43]

7. Mark this day.

It's one of the very, very few times Trump has told the truth.

[FakeNoose]

8. He told the "truth" because he forgot what the last lie was about

Believe me it was an accident.

The man has dementia and belongs in a 24 hour care nursing home.

[Cha]

10. stupid dumb as a sack of shit wants to

be able to point to his "experts" and say.. "See, I won the popular vote".

here's fuckhead now..

Link to tweet

[lastlib]

15. That from the man who REFUSES to release his TAX RETURNS....

...to the very distinguished American people. Just WHAT is he trying to HIDE??

[Cha]

16. Exactly.. a Lying sack of shit who won't RELEASE his TAX RETURNS

[rzemanfl]

11. The "not cooperating" is a way to tell Dear Fucking Leader "State officials failed to cooperate.

Therefore we are unable to tell your wonderfulness the exact margin by which you won the popular vote bigly in 2016."

[Turbineguy]

12. Voter fraud

Obama born in Kenya.

Different day, same shit.

[Honeycombe8]

13. Is that legal? That can't be legal. To create a nat'l roster of voters for political purposes....

and an anti-vote political purpose, at that. Not a positive purpose. One aimed at taking people off the rolls.

[Renew Deal]

17. Trump wants to declare himself legitimate

And everyone can see through it.

[dchill]

18. It's probably a Muslim ban, too.

[Valhallakey]

19. Good opportunity to get auditable elections

The Democrats should jump all over this. 1) They will find what everyone knows...there is no widespread voter fraud. 2) Will be easy to show how our voting machines and tabulators are vulnerable. I for one would be fine to support voter id as long as it is free and easy to get in return for auditable elections with a paper trail.

[mdbl]

21. That would never happen

they just want to purge more democratic voters.

[L. Coyote]

22. Cheaters gonna cheat

Otherwise they lose!