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@Xuan12 That's kind of where the figure came from, registered voters with insufficient ID to prove citzenship on file.
It's a problem, and might be an indication that some non citizens might have voted, but that number might just so well all be US citizens.
Not that it matters. It gave Trump something to tweet to piss off and scare people, which is really all that matters.
Opponents of voter Id laws could tweet the same number as proof that voter ID laws don't work, though, for whatever that's worth.
It's a problem, and might be an indication that some non citizens might have voted, but that number might just so well all be US citizens.
Not that it matters. It gave Trump something to tweet to piss off and scare people, which is really all that matters.
Opponents of voter Id laws could tweet the same number as proof that voter ID laws don't work, though, for whatever that's worth.
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@MistyCee People have mentioned that they believe my stats (information) came from a Trump tweet, but that is not true. I don't read tweets, unless they are on the news.
Last night I was listening to a large town hall held in Texas and that information came from the Governor of Texas and the news host.
Last night I was listening to a large town hall held in Texas and that information came from the Governor of Texas and the news host.
@4meAndyou I've no clue where you first saw it.
Trump did retweet it, though, after seeing it on Fox and Friends, which picked up on the story from somewhere else.
It looks to me like this could explain how some illegal aliens might have been able to vote in Texas, and it's an indictment of how poorly the voter ID law might have prevented it, but based on the Austin American Statesman piece (and I think, the Texas Tribune piece which I read before even seeing your post and didn't save), I don't think your title is very accurate. The numbers are from twenty years and they're not illegal necessarily illegal immigrants.
Those are just my thoughts, though, and I may be wrong. Likewise, it's just my supposition that these misleading numbers will become stamped as true because they've been repeated often enough.
Trump did retweet it, though, after seeing it on Fox and Friends, which picked up on the story from somewhere else.
It looks to me like this could explain how some illegal aliens might have been able to vote in Texas, and it's an indictment of how poorly the voter ID law might have prevented it, but based on the Austin American Statesman piece (and I think, the Texas Tribune piece which I read before even seeing your post and didn't save), I don't think your title is very accurate. The numbers are from twenty years and they're not illegal necessarily illegal immigrants.
Those are just my thoughts, though, and I may be wrong. Likewise, it's just my supposition that these misleading numbers will become stamped as true because they've been repeated often enough.
@4meAndyou I think this thing has been beaten to death, but in the interests of too much information, I figured I'd add, first the Texas Tribune post, which preceded it getting into the National News:
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/25/texas-flags-tens-thousands-voters-citizenship-check/
And second, this left wing piece hypothesizing how it made its way from a misleading Fox story into a Tweet by the President.
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/01/28/misleading-fox-segment-prompted-trumps-inaccurate-voter-fraud-tweet/222672
This whole thing reminds me of that little telephone game with Dixie cups and a string, tbh.
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/25/texas-flags-tens-thousands-voters-citizenship-check/
And second, this left wing piece hypothesizing how it made its way from a misleading Fox story into a Tweet by the President.
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/01/28/misleading-fox-segment-prompted-trumps-inaccurate-voter-fraud-tweet/222672
This whole thing reminds me of that little telephone game with Dixie cups and a string, tbh.
4meAndyou · F
@MistyCee Just read both of them. Thanks for the links. The Texas Tribune seems to have the information that I heard. The blog link appears to be trash.
BTW...just wanted to say that the media has created this situation, where facts are twisted sooo often we cannot trust anything we hear at all. If you suggest something is fact, you have immediate denial based on partisanship.
BTW...just wanted to say that the media has created this situation, where facts are twisted sooo often we cannot trust anything we hear at all. If you suggest something is fact, you have immediate denial based on partisanship.