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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:00 PM Nov 2018

Trump Makes Wild, Baseless Voter Fraud Claim: People 'Go to Their Car,' Change Their Hat & Shirt...

Source: Mediate

Trump Makes Wild, Baseless Voter Fraud Claim: People ‘Go to Their Car,’ Change Their Hat and Shirt, and ‘Vote Again’

by Evan Rosenfeld | Nov 14th, 2018, 3:09 pm

In an interview with the Daily Caller on Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump continued to float baseless conspiracy theories regarding the recounts currently ongoing in Florida.

Trump baselessly complained that Republicans “don’t win and that’s because of potentially illegal votes.” The president didn’t stop there, also accusing individuals of voting multiple times.

“Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again,” Trump said, without providing a single shred of evidence for the explosive claim. “It’s really a disgrace what’s going on.”

Trump seized on the moment, using it to renew his push for national voter ID laws.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-makes-wild-baseless-voter-fraud-claim-people-go-to-their-car-change-their-hat-and-shirt-and-vote-again/

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Trump Makes Wild, Baseless Voter Fraud Claim: People 'Go to Their Car,' Change Their Hat & Shirt... (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2018 OP
Has he never voted in person??? TNNurse Nov 2018 #1
That's what I just said to someone else PatSeg Nov 2018 #4
I guess we could ask Has he ever voted??? TNNurse Nov 2018 #5
That dawned on me as well PatSeg Nov 2018 #11
Yup Cold War Spook Nov 2018 #20
If they are anything like what we use in Minnesota, the ballots simply fall into the bottom bin LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #22
I always had to verify certain information PatSeg Nov 2018 #32
Every accusation is a confession -- there's CCTV of Russians doing similar in Putin's last election. RockRaven Nov 2018 #2
The nut case is taking lying to a whole new, unheard of level. mobeau69 Nov 2018 #3
That IS the plan...for him and the GOP. Moostache Nov 2018 #8
Apparently he has never voted in his life or he would know that can't happen. appleannie1943 Nov 2018 #6
Now the Chump-in-Chief is riffing on plots from Starskey and Hutch reruns Hassler Nov 2018 #7
Republican girlfriends can vote after they die keithbvadu2 Nov 2018 #9
Maybe he's just sentimental, voting just the way he knows she would want to vote. Judi Lynn Nov 2018 #15
Well, that trick won't work anymore. JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 #10
Like this? crazytown Nov 2018 #13
This is what the kids on the street do for Halloween to come back for seconds. Baitball Blogger Nov 2018 #12
I used to laugh when they did that, murielm99 Nov 2018 #17
Repiggies. Lol. Baitball Blogger Nov 2018 #18
"Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote Maxheader Nov 2018 #14
He is saying everyone should be required to show their ID on demand to prove they are legitimate. Doodley Nov 2018 #16
good gawd!! Trump is NUTS! riversedge Nov 2018 #19
Dear President Asswipe, as a fellow NYer, you should know how we vote. Yavin4 Nov 2018 #21
He really is unraveling. Haggis for Breakfast Nov 2018 #23
"If you buy a box of cereal -- you have a voter ID," he said. left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 #24
Bill Maher summed it up well on Fri Nov 09 noneof_theabove Nov 2018 #25
IKR? What a stupid idea. But Trump fans will now think: "Sounds legit!" n/t Beartracks Nov 2018 #26
He should be able to prove it can be done by doing it himself. LiberalFighter Nov 2018 #27
That's what I did SCantiGOP Nov 2018 #28
Yes trump people wait in line several hours go vote.. FloridaBlues Nov 2018 #29
Yes trump people wait in line several hours go vote.. FloridaBlues Nov 2018 #30
They go out to their car Wash. state Desk Jet Nov 2018 #31
lol Rain is fucking WET. Cha Nov 2018 #33
If it were that easy Astraea Nov 2018 #34

PatSeg

(47,413 posts)
4. That's what I just said to someone else
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:08 PM
Nov 2018

Does he think anyone can just walk into a polling place and ask for a ballot? What an idiot.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
20. Yup
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 08:27 PM
Nov 2018

I live in NC. I went to vote. They ask you a few questions which others could answer. Sign the form, get your ballot and vote. One thing that I don't like are the machines you put your ballot in. It sounds like a shredder. I can see a state ID but not national.

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
22. If they are anything like what we use in Minnesota, the ballots simply fall into the bottom bin
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 09:00 PM
Nov 2018

after being scanned. If you want, it is perfectly fine to stick around until after 8PM to witness the bin being unlocked and the ballots placed into boxes for transport back to city hall. The results are transmitted wirelessly, paper tape reports are printed and the USB memory device is placed in an envelope for transport. This year, they went to city hall in my car's trunk. If anyone wanted to follow me, I'd be fine with that. You can't go into city hall ( I think ) but you could watch me every step of the way as I drove them them back. You could drive into the Police Department garage to watch me take them from my trunk to the door 10 feet from where they are logged in. To cheat, one would have to hack the ballot counter and alter ballots in the boxes. The number of ballots is separately accounted for by multiple machine and human counts. No one person could alter the results.

PatSeg

(47,413 posts)
32. I always had to verify certain information
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 10:45 PM
Nov 2018

so it is unlikely that a stranger (or busload of undocumented people) could get a ballot without knowing people on the voter rolls.

RockRaven

(14,959 posts)
2. Every accusation is a confession -- there's CCTV of Russians doing similar in Putin's last election.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:05 PM
Nov 2018

Trump sounds like a guy who hasn't been to a polling place this century outside of staged photo-ops... and there's a good reason for that.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
8. That IS the plan...for him and the GOP.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:13 PM
Nov 2018

They lie about EVERYTHING, ALWAYS. It is like breathing for them, an automatic response from deep in the brain's reptilian center...but here is the catch: they know all they need from a Democratic candidate or supporter is ONE falsehood or misstep and then they use that to say "SEE...you simply CANNOT trust these Democrats, they lie about anything and could be lying about everything!"

It is false equivalency, projectionism and gas lighting all rolled into a single toxic mixture and unleashed on the public as they feel need or desire to do so...

keithbvadu2

(36,778 posts)
9. Republican girlfriends can vote after they die
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:13 PM
Nov 2018

A Pinal County supervisor candidate has withdrawn from the race in the wake of voter-fraud allegations involving a former companion who, records show, has continued to vote by absentee ballot in the five years since her death.

John Enright, 66, had been seeking the Republican nomination for county supervisor of District 5, an area that includes Apache Junction and Gold Canyon.

http://archive.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2012/07/25/20120725pinal-supervisor-hopeful-enright-quits.html

Judi Lynn

(160,524 posts)
15. Maybe he's just sentimental, voting just the way he knows she would want to vote.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 08:06 PM
Nov 2018

He probably had no idea it was wrong.



That nice Republican double voter, John Enright.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
10. Well, that trick won't work anymore.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:20 PM
Nov 2018

I use it to file for multiple Social Security checks too. It's amazing how a different shirt will throw people off. Sometimes I'd just hold my finger above my lip like a mustache.

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
12. This is what the kids on the street do for Halloween to come back for seconds.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:37 PM
Nov 2018

Interesting to see who they are. Let's just say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

murielm99

(30,735 posts)
17. I used to laugh when they did that,
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 08:10 PM
Nov 2018

and give them candy anyway, unless I was running low.

Now I live in the country and get few trick-or-treaters.

Those kids weren't fooling anybody. Neither are the repiggies.


Maxheader

(4,372 posts)
14. "Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 07:51 PM
Nov 2018

Whatever it takes butt munch...

Doodley

(9,088 posts)
16. He is saying everyone should be required to show their ID on demand to prove they are legitimate.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 08:09 PM
Nov 2018

Not just to vote, but at all times.

Yavin4

(35,437 posts)
21. Dear President Asswipe, as a fellow NYer, you should know how we vote.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 08:33 PM
Nov 2018

You walk into the precinct. They point you to the table where your name is on a big log of names. You give them your name. They look up your name. You sign where your name is. They give you a ballot where you go to vote.

You cannot change your clothes, give a fake name, and go vote again.

Please stop embarrassing NYC.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
24. "If you buy a box of cereal -- you have a voter ID," he said.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 09:49 PM
Nov 2018

from the linked article ...

Trump seized on the moment, using it to renew his push for national voter ID laws.
“If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID,” he said.

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
25. Bill Maher summed it up well on Fri Nov 09
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 09:53 PM
Nov 2018

SLOW MOVING COUP - you don't even realize it is happening

1 a narcist like his name and face on buildings
2 he appoints family members to positions of power
3 hold rallies when not running and they are scary
4 talks about jailing the press and political opponents
5 wants to hold military parades and muse openly about being president for life
6 uses his office for personal financial gain
7 loves other dictators
8 lies so freely that your supports don't even know what the truth is anymore and don't care
9 for a coup to work it is necessary for truth itself to be destroyed as well as the people who report it so the dictator is free to say anything and his followers believe it
10 state tv in this country and an actual propaganda channel where reporters openly endorse the leader
11 people who oversee the elections they are running it
12 truth isn't truth - R Gulliani Aug 2018
13 press is the enemy of the people
14 install personal protector chief law enforcement
15 installed personal protector on highest court SCOTUS

called Putin congratulate on winning his election and ours
secret meeting with Putin, Kim and his taxes are still secret, we know less about our government than what is in jerky
alternative facts [Kellyanne]
no proof of anything, what you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening - DJT
3rd world dictator chief law enforcement - does not enforce law


FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
29. Yes trump people wait in line several hours go vote..
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 10:21 PM
Nov 2018

Change outfit go back in 3 more hour wait to vote as someone else this sound normal to trumps mind?
Anyone got a straight jacket for him?

FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
30. Yes trump people wait in line several hours go vote..
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 10:22 PM
Nov 2018

Change outfit go back in 3 more hour wait to vote as someone else this sound normal to trumps mind?
Anyone got a straight jacket for him?

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