President Donald Trump on Saturday accused states rejecting his bogus “election integrity” commission’s request for sensitive voter information of “trying to hide” something.
Trump claimed the shady commission is a “very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL.”
“Numerous states are refusing to give information,” he tweeted. “What are they trying to hide?”
Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017
On Friday, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach — who heads the commission — said he will not hand over voter information to his own panel.
A laundry list of states including California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia have announced they will not comply with the commission’s request.
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Republican, had a particularly memorable response to the panel’s calls: “They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great State to launch from.”
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I am refusing to give information of my very disgraceful tax returns. What am I trying to hide? Covfefe.
9:07 AM - 1 Jul 2017
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Well, nobody could have foreseen that.
There is a SCOTUS decision that prevents the so-called “commission” from forcing the states to comply with its demands.
The whole thing is a brazen and blatant attempt to suppress the vote nationally—and the Trumpanzees aren’t going to get away with it.
I’m TOTALLY sure republicans would have been calm and not at all hyperventilating basket cases if the Obama administration wanted to collect the SSNs and voting history of every US voter.
Aren’t these “people” supposed to be the Anti big government party?!
“Numerous states?” Has he looked at the list. Damn near every state is refusing to turn over confidential voter information. Most states will provide public information, but are having nothing to do with the massive privacy invasion this Election Commission is demanding. When the Mississippi SOS tells Kobach to take a flying leap then you know it is bullshit.