When Presidential advisor Stephen Miller went on the Sunday morning talk shows, he insisted that the administration has proof of massive voter fraud.
On ABC’s This Week, Miller told George Stephanopoulos that voter fraud in New Hampshire is a huge problem. He said:
“Go to New Hampshire. Talk to anybody who’s worked in politics there for a long time. Everybody’s aware of the problem in New Hampshire.”
Stephanopoulos kept pushing, repeatedly pointing out that the administration has provided zero evidence that Trump was the victim of any type of voter fraud. Miller was insistent, saying:
“And many, many highly qualified people, like Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, have looked deeply into this issue and have confirmed it to be true and have put together evidence.
And I suggest you invite Kris Kobach onto your show and he can walk you through some of the evidence of voter fraud in greater detail.”
So this morning CNN did have Kris Kobach on. The Kansas Republican appeared with Brooke Bolduan, who asked him what proof he had of fraud at the polls.
It was hilariously awkward to watch.
Bolduan asked for Kobach’s evidence that thousands of voters from Massachusetts had been bused to New Hampshire to vote.
He said that because the state has a new “same day” registration policy, roughly six thousand people had registered to vote in New Hampshire on election day using licenses from other states. A little less than half of those new voters were from Massachusetts.
So at most some 3,000 votes could potentially be the result of fraud. Or they could actually all be people who have moved into New Hampshire but don’t have a new license yet.
In other words, Kobach has no evidence of voter fraud in New Hampshire.
The CNN host pointed out that this isn’t exactly “proof” of anything.
But, Kobach told the incredulous Bolduan, his people should have numbers by the end of the month.
OK….
For the next eight minutes the back and forth was surreal.
Bolduan asked if there was any proof of fraud. Kobach kept saying that “yes” there was proof. So let’s see it, she’d ask, show us. We’ll have numbers by the end of the month, he’d say.
So, Bolduan would repeat, you don’t have proof. Stephen Miller was not telling the truth.
Of course he was! Some people registered to vote using out of state licenses (which is perfectly legal). So some of them might have voted in both states. Or not.
It was crazy. It was mind boggling.
It was terrifying.
It was gaslighting at its absolute worst.
Kudos to CNN for calling a lie a lie, and for pointing out bullsh*t when it comes at them.
You have to see this interview to believe how incredible awful it was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4X9vcuAZBU
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