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US Election Thread 2016

Red Phoenix

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I have not been this concerned about the right wing since Jermaine Pennant

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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN12I27L

 

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Obama tells Trump to 'stop whining' over rigged election claims

 

Oct 18, 2016 | 01:15

'Stop whining' about U.S. elections being rigged, Obama tells Trump

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By Emily Stephenson and Ayesha Rascoe | WASHINGTON/GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.

U.S. President Barack Obama lacerated Donald Trump on Tuesday over his repeated assertions that the Nov. 8 election is rigged against him, telling the Republican presidential candidate to "stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes."

 

With opinion polls showing him falling further back against his White House rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump has intensified his allegations, although numerous studies have shown that voter fraud in U.S. elections is rare.

 

At a campaign rally in Grand Junction, Colorado, Trump continued his attack, saying, "The press has created a rigged system and poisoned the minds of the voters."

 

But he also used his speech to detail a new initiative if elected president: a constitutional amendment imposing term limits for members of Congress, six years for members of the House of Representatives, 12 years for members of the Senate.

 

Obama was asked about Trump's voter fraud assertions on Tuesday at a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden following meetings with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

 

He responded with a blistering attack on the Republican candidate, noting that U.S. elections are run and monitored by local officials, who may well be appointed by Republican governors of states, and saying that cases of significant voter fraud were not to be found in American elections.

 

Obama said there was "no serious" person who would suggest it was possible to rig American elections, adding, "I'd invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes."

 

Trump, speaking at the Grand Junction rally Tuesday evening, said that Obama should stop campaigning for "Crooked Hillary" and "get out and work on jobs and work on the border."

 

Trump has raised the possibility for weeks of illegal activities that could tarnish the November election result, citing scant or questionable evidence, including the possibility of votes being cast by dead people, and he has urged his supporters to show up at polling locations on Election Day. He has sharpened his allegations even as Republican lawyers called his assertions unfounded.

 

In a report titled "The Truth About Voter Fraud," the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law cited voter fraud incident rates between 0.00004 percent and 0.0009 percent.

 

 

An August study by the Washington Post found 31 credible cases of impersonation fraud out of more than 1 billion votes cast in elections from 2000 to 2014. Arizona State University studies in 2012 and 2016 found similarly low rates.

 

In pointed remarks that were part civics lesson, Obama said that if Trump wins on Nov. 8, "It would be my expectation of Hillary Clinton to offer a gracious concession speech" and "it would be my job ... and escort him over to the Capitol, in which there would be a peaceful transfer of power" at his swearing in.

 

Trump's vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, took a softer tone than Trump during a campaign appearance in North Carolina, saying he was "confident" that the integrity of the election will be ensured.

 

But Pence added that "in recent years we've had instances, proven instances of voter fraud."

 

A number of Republican-led states, citing the need to prevent voter fraud, have passed laws with stricter identification requirements. But several have been struck down by courts that ruled they were designed to hinder minority voting.

 

 

Oh dear Obama has a very short memory..

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