Category Archives: Voter Fraud

Republicans Push Voter Suppression

Because it is socially unacceptable to explicitly call for voter suppression, Republicans use the rhetoric of “voter fraud” instead. Greg Sargent writes for the Washington Post: As expected, Trump’s CPAC speech doubled down on the big lie that the election … Continue reading

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Michael Anton Says He Does Not Know Who Truly Won The 2020 Election, But He’s ‘Moved On’

On November 6,2020, Michael Anton wrote: No one will really know who won. Partisans on both sides will insist they do, but they won’t—not really . . . But far more ominously, one half the country—or to be more precise, … Continue reading

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NYT: In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules

“Voter fraud” is just Republican rhetoric to justify voter suppression. From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Led by loyalists who embrace former President Donald J. Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election, Republicans in state legislatures nationwide are mounting … Continue reading

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Vote Suppression vs Vote Expansion (2-25-21)

Rhetoric about “voter fraud” is not about voter fraud. It is Republican rhetoric aimed at vote suppression, but because this is politically unpalatable to say, Republicans have to lie and talk about “voter fraud.” Voter fraud is a crime and … Continue reading

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Why Republicans Can’t Find the Big Voter Fraud Conspiracy

Lisa Rab writes for Politico April 2, 2017: In the fall of 2002, just over a year after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft summoned a group of federal prosecutors to Washington. He had a new mission he … Continue reading

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