The White House has not provided “enormous evidence”
Trump and his puppets are still telling lies about voter fraud.
White House adviser Stephen Miller doubled down on the Trump administration’s groundless claims of voter fraud in New Hampshire — and across the nation — during in an interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday.
Earlier this week President Trump claimed, with no evidence, that voters from Massachusetts were bused to New Hampshire to vote illegally.
That’s not a thing you just do – it’s not normal. It’s Hitlery. It’s what aspiring dictators do – they announce the whole thing is broken and corrupt and Only They can fix it.
On This Week, host George Stephanopoulos asked Miller, a senior White House policy adviser, to provide that evidence. In fact, he asked three times.
Miller said the show was “not the venue” to supply evidence, but repeated the baseless claim multiple times. He said in part:
“I can tell you that this issue of busing voters into New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics. It’s very real. It’s very serious.”
New Hampshire’s secretary of state has said there is no proof of buses appearing at polling places, and that a large number of voters arriving like that would have attracted attention.
The New Hampshire voting fraud claims are a variant on a frequently repeated Trump claim of nationwide voter fraud — which is also unfounded.
It’s a red flag. It’s one of many, which makes it hard to focus on all of them, but that is what it is – he’s calling various elections fraudulent. That’s dictator territory.
It’s possible that he doesn’t even realize that, because he doesn’t realize much, but we can be sure Bannon does.
But Miller stood by those claims too, saying in part:
“The White House has provided enormous evidence with respect to voter fraud, with respect to people being registered in more than one state, dead people voting, noncitizens being registered to vote. … I’m prepared to go on any show, anywhere, anytime, and repeat it and say the President of the United States is correct 100 percent.”
The White House has not provided “enormous evidence” of massive nationwide voter fraud.
So, Miller lied.
Let me see if I understand this. Voters elected Trump president by secret ballot. According to Trump, there was massive voter fraud. If so, what’s he waiting for? Step down. The election was illegitimate.
Yesterday I saw a NY Times article about a conviction for voter fraud in Texas. A Hispanic women, permanent Resident, voted in 2012 and 2014. Sentenced to 8 years and likely to be deported afterward.
She was a registered Republican, voted Republican. Even voted for the AG of Texas who has now convicted her…
But anyway, still no evidence of anything but the most minor traces of fraud.
I see Sanders has called Trump a pathological liar and delusional. let the fun begin (well, ramp up).
Oh yes?
*goes off to search*
Sorry, lazy. I should have provided linky
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/12/bernie-sanders-calls-trump-a-pathological-liar-al-franken-says-a-few-republicans-think-trump-is-mentally-ill/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_pp-sanders-1155am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
Heh. I found it while you were posting that.
On the other hand Jib, ordinary and observable claims require ordinary evidence. Trump repeatedly (several times a day some days) lies and the most basic fact checks show that. Even though his lies are demonstrated and called out, repeatedly, he continues to lie. Apparently unable or unwilling to stop. Q.E.D. Trump is a pathological liar. Of course the alternative, that he isn’t lying, but rather believes the alternative facts (aka lies) in the face of overwhelming evidence does raise the possibility that he’s delusional.
Such a wonderful choice in a President. Pathological liar or delusional.