The FBI has no evidence supporting a sensationalist theory pushed by President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr that foreign powers could hijack mail-in elections by mass counterfeiting absentee ballots, according to reports of a press briefing held by U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday.
Bullshit political stunt ≠theory
The FBI has no evidence supporting a sensationalist theory pushed by President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr
Bet you never saw that coming. I believe it’s a first, isn’t it?
I guess someone should show Barr how a barcode works? Maybe by placing a laser scanner in his eye.
A ballot gets put in an envelope with voters name and the name is verified and checked off on a voters list - each voter can only get one check mark.
Barr used the term “common sense”? Did he call upon his vast reservoir of uncommon stupidity to mis-apply it in this context?
68 days
I’m a little more worried about the 79 days after the election and before the inauguration. Desperate men do desperate things. And if McConnell is defeated all hell is going break lose while he’s a lame duck majority leader.
As someone pointed out earlier, the new Senate is sworn in on January 2nd so…hey…68 days then just 60 more. Let’s hope RBG hangs in there…
(and here’s to a Lame Duck McConnell)
If the expresident were a regular fascist, eg Tom Cotton, then those would be terrible days.
But I believe that after Nov 3, trump is going to stay in Mar a Lago, silent and staring at the waves, until someone comes to take him away. It’s impossible to imagine him giving anyone anything after his massive defeat.
The notion that large numbers of counterfeits will be counted as votes is garbage, but large numbers of phony ballots that are not obvious fakes could slow counting way down as ballots are subjected to greater scrutiny (and greater scrutiny will likely mean a higher rate of rejection). I don’t think foreign powers would think it worth an attempt, though, especially when remote, online efforts at disruption remain so effective.
The GOP, on the other hand, will almost certainly do its best to slow counting and increase rejections by challenging large numbers of votes in targeted districts. Barr would dismiss my belief as a nonsensical conspiracy theory.
Barr has refused to back down … “common sense” that foreign actors could try such a maneuver
This is a hallmark of Trumpism. Make shit up and use the trappings of office and position to make real to enough of the people, enough of the time.
Unfortunately, and unlike his Orangefuhrer, Barr is not stupid. That’s why he is so dangerous.
Also, the signature on the ballot is checked against the one on file with the election authority. It all makes this whole fraud/counterfeit business quite silly. But then, there are some pretty silly people out there who buy this crap.
Yes Trump will pout and throw a tantrum, and then the revenge plots are instigated and carried out.
Senate still needs a quorum?
They’ve already been doing this in georgia, as described in a TPM article earlier this week.
Yup, but that’s 51 senators, so if all the Republicans show up they can go to town…
Source:
51
OK. But what can they do without the House’s cooperation? And the filibuster can still gum up legislation. RBG can probably hold out until next year.