Not a surprise. At least someone in Austin is trying to be relatively honest about what ridiculous exercise this is.
Theyâre going by drivers licenses and IDs, which we only have to renew every six years. There are about 50,000 Texans naturalized every year. Even on that basis, you do the math.
WowâŚSecretary of State, David Whitley, might as will be holding a notepad with the words, âIâm a dumb assâ scribbled on it.
Trump got the lie out to his base - his job is done.
Iâm certain that our President will shortly be releasing a tweet to correct his earlier, mistaken one, because he wouldnât want to mislead the American people.
Color me SHOCKED. They didnât do their homework before stoking fears? Wow. I can hardly believe thatâŚ
Ken Paxton told supporters⌠âmany of these individuals may have been naturalized before registering and voting, which makes their conduct perfectly legal.â
now thereâs a first: Paxton admitting people do things legally
Well, heâs been on Gov. Abbottâs staff for years and was chief of staff before Abbott appointed him as Sec State last year. SoâŚ
I was suspicious as soon as I saw Ken Paxtonâs name associated, and Trump pushing the story. Both are felons who just havenât been convicted yet.
Another coordinated effort by republican states to spread the false story.
This one is particularly focusing on Motor Voter programs. The Texas Secretary of State is a recent governor appointee.
County officials in Texas are have nothing but semi-polite scorn.
What galls me about this is that they made a big, national news splash with the FUD announcement, and have only whispered amongst themselves for the âcorrectionâ.
I would like the same level of press conference, etc, to issue the âwarning of flawsâ.
Canât appreciate TPM and the rest of our free press enough for following up on this and not letting the original BS declaration stand without being put under a microscope.
And that was actually Williamson County, which is heavily Republican.
In other words, Beto scared the shit out of them and they felt they had to do something to disenfranchise a bunch of people ASAP.
Not just BetoâŚalso the realization that all the counties along the entire border are now considered âblueââŚ
From the above article⌠this is exactly what Iâm talking about:
Whitley made national news Friday when he trumpeted results of a study indicating that 95,000 non-U.S. citizens might have registered to vote, including 58,000 who voted in one or more elections since 1996.
He directed county officials, who are in charge of voter registration, to investigate those votersâŚ
It was unclear Tuesday whether Whitley would revise the numbers downward based on the new information. His office did not respond to questions on that matter.
So basically, throw a bag of snakes into crowded room, scream âFIRE!!!â and then, when itâs discovered that the snakes are all made of rubber and thereâs actually no fire, just ignore any inquiries on the matterâŚ?
Not to mention, how much is it costing Texan taxpayers for most of their elections offices to grind through all this data and chase down thousands of people to confirm their status� For no good goddamned reason??
To me, this is a perfect example of the modern GOP on full display. Gutless, corrupt, dishonest and utterly self-serving.
Oops! Sorry, Texans - weâll try to make our voter suppression tactics a little less obvious in the future.
Malfeasance and misfeasance. Theyâre using taxpayer money for corrupt partisan purposes.
Oh, the reason is clear. BETO damn near upset the R apple cart here in Texas. And, we are at least turning purple.
If the Râs can find enough of âthose peopleâ to kick of the voting roles, problem solved.
The Râs canât win unless they cheat, and they know it!
Note that Williamson County, just North of Austin, is leaning bluer. They were shocked, shocked, that there are Democrats living there.
They all got priced out of Austin. 