FEC Chair Calls Out Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Claims: ‘Lay Your Cards On The Table’

The chair of the Federal Election Commission has called on the President, once again, to provide any proof he has for his bogus claim of widespread illegal voting in the 2016 election.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1243307

How does this woman still have a job?

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“To put it in terms a former casino operator should understand: There comes a time when you need to lay your cards on the table or fold,” Weintraub wrote.

Ah, therein lies the problem, Ms. Weintraub. Trump objectively does not understand the casino business. Please try again with a mafia analogy.

Also, I failed to see any pictures in your well-written letter. Please reconsider.

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Everybody knows that the illegal voters came in from Covfefe.

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The FEC was set up to be a toothless tiger from its beginnings. Commissioners can scream and yell, but they cancel each other out and so no real enforcement of laws has ever proved practicable.

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She’s a gatekeeper.

Anything is possible after 2020, but considering that this happened,

God help us, if the modern day Republican Party got her position.

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Trump and his team are afraid and have good reason to be. Bringing out all his “greatest hits” is a sobering tell on his mental state. He has lost it and it ain’t coming back. Soon he will be angling for an escape.

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I presume we will soon see a trump tweet like, “Ellen Weintraub… not a 10!”

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This reminds me of the cartoon where the owner speaks and the dog hears “blah, blah, blah”

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“Put up or shut up, fat fuck!”

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Agent of Foreign Power Sows Division, Delegitimizes Democrats

The one thing I’m pretty sure of is that, until there’re real enforceable consequences, Agent Orange is gonna continue acting like he’s working for the Internet Research Agency.

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Bravo! Keep putting that orange fat on the extra hot Weber grill coals! Burn 'em!!

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What else does Mr. Birther have except distract, deflect & disinform!

Mr. Birther is repeating one of fave conspiracies because you know…his braggadocio of great Trumponomics seems to be turning into #TrumpRecession, his poll numbers from Fox is BAD and his disapproval number increased!

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And probably that she’s a charter member of the “deep state” out to get Trump. He’s so predictable. His insults lack variety, imagination, creativeness, or nuance. Exhibit A: Pocahontas.

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She needs to keep hammering him - on the facts - figuratively shove a pure fact stick in his eye every day.

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FEC Chair: … run the risk of undermining that faith."

Trump" “You mean it’s working?!?”

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I agree with the statement entirely.
But I would simply add “, Schmuck!”, so it would be completely clear that the so-called president was being addressed.

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I dislike demanding ‘proof’ of any of these childish accusations. The Trump cultists will simply say, “Well, they’re very sneaky about it!”

We should state -and demand- evidence of these idiotic claims, not proof. And of course there is no evidence because our “very stable genius” can’t coordinate his mouth with his moth-eaten brain.

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In his atmosphere he has created, Trump’s words are utterances to be weaponized…and the logic and evidence we, as a society, have traditionally relied on are as nothing when balanced against anything the leader of a cult states as truth.

The volley Trump unleashed:

"After [telling reporters] “thousands and thousands of people [came] in from locations unknown” to vote in the state in 2016, Trump [told rally goers]"that the state was “taken away from us.”

The volley we unleashed:

 Factual material

Going forward, this is the social landscape. Two sets of rules. Two different realities. Two different Americas. Trump is well past the notion of logic (or even legality) as we know it. This is raw power for the possession of this country.

Until Nov… 2020, Trump is in a struggle to make sure the the vote of the people who believe his version of reality is counted in such a way that an Electoral College victory is obtained.

Nothing else matters (for us or Trump)

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All the shortcomings you mention are also why Conservatives can’t do comedy.

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