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(34,195 posts)
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 12:32 PM Aug 2019

FEC chair calls on Trump to provide evidence of NH voter fraud

Source: The Hill

The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is demanding that President Trump either provide evidence to support his claim that he would have won New Hampshire's electoral votes in 2016 if not for voter fraud, or cease mentioning the claim.

Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, wrote in a letter to the president reported by CNN that Trump risks "undermining the faith" of the American electorate in the fairness of U.S. elections. "Your voter-fraud allegations run the risk of undermining that faith," she wrote, according to CNN. "To put in terms a former casino operator should understand," Weintraub added, "there comes a time when you need to lay your cards on the table or fold."

Weintraub's letter to the White House came a day after the president told supporters at a New Hampshire campaign rally that it wasn't their "fault" that he had lost the state in 2016, while insinuating that the state had been "taken" from his campaign.

Trump said "we should have won" New Hampshire, asserting, "It was taken away from us" and telling audience members that it was "not your fault." Trump was edged out in 2016 in the state by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D), who won the state by a few thousand votes.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457814-democratic-fec-chair-calls-on-trump-to-provide-evidence-of-nh-voter

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FEC chair calls on Trump to provide evidence of NH voter fraud (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 OP
That'll be a LONG wait. oldsoftie Aug 2019 #1
She need s to be looking for a new job,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2019 #2
My first thought:( True Blue American Aug 2019 #3
We need to push this issue, Trump can't free ride everyday and everywhere on his own FakeNews bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #4
agree. Trump needs severe and constant pushback for his LIES riversedge Aug 2019 #10
Thank you, Chairwoman Weintraub, for calling out tRump on this! sueh Aug 2019 #5
Thanks elleng Aug 2019 #6
Thanks for putting this on OUR table, left. elleng Aug 2019 #7
Very happy Chairwoman Weintraub is calling out trumpty dumpty. nt iluvtennis Aug 2019 #8
Bah bye Ellen! Don't you know you must not question the king? Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #9
good for her, too bad the so called news media isn't doing it JI7 Aug 2019 #11
Trump's just talking through his ass again. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #12
Except is not just talk. It's yet more rhetoric from the President that encourages violence. FreeLookMode Aug 2019 #13
Just a little preview of the day after election day 2020 Danascot Aug 2019 #14
For mass voter fraud to occur in a Red State.... Mustellus Aug 2019 #15
After refusing to investigate Russian spies interfering in our elections? AllyCat Aug 2019 #16
KICK orangecrush Aug 2019 #17
Unless the MSM calls BS, nothing will change RainCaster Aug 2019 #18
Yes! Hey, MSM, there's a big difference between "He said X" and. .. Beartracks Aug 2019 #20
the closer the state is to trump's stomping grounds Marthe48 Aug 2019 #19
The FEC or the chair should sue Trump for slander! (n/t) thesquanderer Aug 2019 #21
Indeed ck4829 Aug 2019 #25
He's lying! wolfie001 Aug 2019 #22
Yep ck4829 Aug 2019 #24
K&R ck4829 Aug 2019 #23
Silence from big mouth Trump riversedge Aug 2019 #26
Get cover for his 10,000+ other "assertions" too while at it? Brainfodder Aug 2019 #27

JI7

(89,239 posts)
11. good for her, too bad the so called news media isn't doing it
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 07:37 PM
Aug 2019

make him answer for the claims he makes. keep pushing and demanding until you get answers.

 

FreeLookMode

(30 posts)
13. Except is not just talk. It's yet more rhetoric from the President that encourages violence.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 10:18 PM
Aug 2019

It's not just bad manners for Trump to claim the election was rigged in 2016, and to prepare to do it again if he loses the election in 2020. It further fuels his grievance driven base toward insane rage, and that rage doesn't just go nowhere. It goes into violence all over the country. Not just the national news we see, but all across local communities. Every time Trump turns around he is inciting people to violence.

Again, its not just idle rantings of a lunatic. It's not harmless. And its going to get worse.

Mustellus

(328 posts)
15. For mass voter fraud to occur in a Red State....
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 08:16 AM
Aug 2019

... every Republican poll watcher would have to have sold out to the Democrats. Every Republican registrar, every Republican clerk of courts.

Polls have representatives from both parties. Why are the Republican officials doing this?

Beartracks

(12,795 posts)
20. Yes! Hey, MSM, there's a big difference between "He said X" and. ..
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 12:23 PM
Aug 2019

... "He said X, which is not true." You should do more of the latter .

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