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<\/a><\/p>\nDonald Trump will use his bogus voter fraud claims to launch an investigation that will then be used to justify voter suppression, say political leaders\u00a0and journalists, including John Bussey from the Wall Street Journal <\/em>and Ari Berman of The Nation.<\/em><\/p>\n 1. Trump’s lie that millions voted illegally in 2016 is prelude to massive voter suppression by GOP t.co\/Y7TUmy7zMX<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ogp7TmJ9RX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 24, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The great political crisis we face is not voter fraud, which barely exists. It’s voter suppression and the denial of voting rights.<\/p>\n \u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n FOX News anchor Shep Smith made note of it in a newscast today calling out Trump\u2019s blatant lies about\u00a0fraud:<\/p>\n \u201cJohn Bussey from the Wall Street Journal suggests that the big picture is here, start an investigation, find some incidents here, there, and yon of voter fraud, get people whipped up, and then put in rules to suppress the vote across the country, a pattern that we\u2019ve seen in state after state over the past four or five years.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n And check out the\u00a0interview Trump did with ABC News anchor David Muir, in which Muir questions Trump about his claims, and the Pew report\u00a0that Trump holds up as evidence.<\/p>\n When presented with the fact that the Pew report\u00a0Trump is holding up\u00a0so far has been \u201cdebunked,\u201d that Muir called its author who told him that \u201cthey found no evidence of voter fraud,\u201d Trump then attacks\u00a0the author in an attempt to discredit:<\/p>\n \u201cReally? Then why did he write the report? Excuse me? Then why did he write the report? According to Pew report, then he\u2019s \u2014 then he\u2019s groveling again. You know, I always talk about the reporters, they grovel when they wanna write something that you<\/em> wanna hear but not necessarily millions of people wanna hear or have to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n President Trump to launch investigation into alleged voter fraud: \u201cI want the voting process to be legitimate.” t.co\/zjjJ6vMqXU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Spb3a9ScQf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ABC News (@ABC) January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump then says they\u2019ll be pursuing an investigation into people registered who are \u201cdead, illegal and two states, and some cases maybe three states.\u201d<\/p>\n Incidentally,\u00a0both Trump\u2019s senior advisor Steve Bannon and his daughter Tiffany Trump<\/a> are registered to vote in two states.<\/p>\n The post Will Trump Use Bogus Voter Fraud Investigation to Push Voter Suppression Nationwide?<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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