Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Lara Trump-RNC robocall called mail-in voting safe and secure while President railed against it”

July 8, 2020, 8:27 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: While President Donald Trump has continuously railed against voting by mail, a Republican National Committee robocall in April voiced by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump said voting by mail could be done “safely and securely.”The call was sent in… Continue reading

“Trump’s attacks on mail voting are turning Republicans off absentee ballots”

July 7, 2020, 4:14 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump’s relentless attacks on the security of mail voting are driving suspicion among GOP voters toward absentee ballots — a dynamic alarming Republican strategists, who say it could undercut their own candidates, including Trump himself.In several primaries this… Continue reading

True the Vote Fundraising Email Says Without Evidence That “The Left” Will Use Delay in Results Thanks to Counting of Mail Ballots “to Cheat and Sway Outcomes”

June 30, 2020, 5:02 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

So irresponsible:

“Public Interest Legal Foundation Drops Meritless Voter Purge Lawsuit Against Detroit”

June 30, 2020, 10:40 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release.

Jim Bopp in True the Vote Fundraising Email: “Leftists are illegally diluting voter rights — it’s just plain wrong, and frankly, illegal and unconstitutional.”

June 27, 2020, 2:42 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

“Barr says, without citing evidence, that an election done predominantly by mail would not be secure”

June 25, 2020, 8:32 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN reports.

“Trump’s False Attacks on Voting by Mail Stir Broad Concern”

June 24, 2020, 4:22 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: resident Trump is stepping up his attacks on the integrity of the election system, sowing doubts about the November vote at a time when the pandemic has upended normal balloting and as polls show former Vice President Joseph R. … Continue reading

“In Arizona, Trump Boasts About His Wall and Repeats Unfounded Predictions of Voter Fraud”

June 23, 2020, 9:03 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: He ratcheted up his usual predictions of fraud in the November election, made without any supporting evidence, by suggesting that mail-in ballots — which will be in more widespread use as Americans face limits on their movements because of… Continue reading

“Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, voted by mail in April from a mansion they haven’t lived in for 4 years”

June 22, 2020, 3:59 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Business Insider: Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence voted by mail for this month’s Indiana Republican primary using a home address that they haven’t lived at for nearly four years, Insider has learned.The Pences cast their mail-in… Continue reading

“Trump spreads new lies about foreign-backed voter fraud, stoking fears of a ‘rigged election’ this November”

June 22, 2020, 8:41 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Reeling after a weekend campaign rally with lower-than-expected turnout, President Donald Trump changed the subject Monday morning with a series of widely debunked lies about alleged voter fraud in US elections, stoking fears of a “rigged election” this… Continue reading

AG Barr Adds Fuel to the Fire by Fanning Trump’s Unsupported Allegations of Widespread Voter Fraud Via Mail in Ballots; Despicable and Dangerous

June 20, 2020, 10:29 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

It’s not just what Barr has now done to SDNY’s Berman, or how he spun the media with a misleading reading of the Mueller report. Barr is now doubling down on President Trump’s wholly unsubstantiated claims of massive voter… Continue reading

Two Republican EAC Commissioners on “True the Vote” Podcast: “U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners Join Voter Suppression Group to Discourage Mail-In Voting”

June 19, 2020, 8:15 amElection Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Alex Kotch: In late May, two Republican members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission used a podcast produced by True the Vote, a right-wing voter suppression group, to cast doubt on the security of mail-in voting for the… Continue reading

“The Damage of Trump’s Voter-Fraud Allegations Can’t Be Undone; A new study suggests that even fact-checking the president’s false claims won’t restore confidence in elections.”

June 19, 2020, 7:51 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

David Graham in The Atlantic: It’s too early to say who will win the 2020 presidential election, but there’s a good chance that one loser will be faith in the electoral system. President Donald Trump is alleging—as he did four… Continue reading

“Bice: Next chairman of Visit Milwaukee accused by alderman of ginning up voter fraud concerns in 2011 email”

June 10, 2020, 11:46 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daniel Bice for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

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