Pence and Priebus defends Trump’s claim that millions voted lllegally

Posted by | December 4, 2016 15:26 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Donald Trump’s vice-president-elect and his chief of staff on Sunday defended the president-elect’s false claim that millions of people voted illegally in November’s election, saying it was “refreshing” and “possible”.

…There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and the US’s decentralized system, which cedes election authority to state and city governments, makes a “rigged” election a virtual impossibility.

Nonetheless Reince Priebus, the incoming White House chief of staff, told CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday he believed it was possible that millions of people voted illegally, with state officials and nonpartisan election monitors either oblivious or permissive.

“It’s possible,” he said. When host John Dickerson pressed Priebus over Trump’s false claim, he insisted: “I don’t know if that’s not true.”

Priebus refused to say if the presidency was an appropriate platform from which to spread rumors and false news.

“I think he’s done a great job,” he said. “I think the president-elect is someone who has pushed the envelope and caused people to think in this country. He’s not taking conventional thought on every single issue.”

Vice-President-elect Mike Pence also defended Trump’s tweet, telling the host of ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos: “I don’t know that that is a false statement, George, and neither do you.”

Pressed on the lack of evidence for Trump’s claim, Pence said: “He’s entitled to express his opinion on that.

“I think the American people find it very refreshing that they have a president who will tell them what’s on his mind. He’s going to say what he believes

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13 responses to Pence and Priebus defends Trump’s claim that millions voted lllegally

  1. Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2016 at 15:32

    “It’s possible” and “I don’t know if that’s not true” are not quite the same as saying it happened. Don’t substantiated facts mean anything at all to these people? Don’t bother answering, that was rhetorical.

  2. Obewon December 4th, 2016 at 15:32

    Facts prove falsely projecting voter frauds, indicted 4 Trump voters who illegally voted twice.

  3. Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2016 at 15:34

    They have never come up with an explanation of how millions of undocumented aliens could vote. It’s hard enough for one person to vote illegally, and they’re usually caught. Why doesn’t some “journalist” ask them how it could happen next time they make the claim? Is that too much to ask? And as I have said many times, that’s not why people come here illegally. They come here to get jobs and send money back home. Voting illegally won’t help them do that. There are not hordes of people lining up at the border waiting to vote.

    • Suzanne McFly December 5th, 2016 at 10:14

      Do they really need an explanation? Their followers hear it from their mouths and it becomes truth, fleecing morons is an easy gig but they take the rest of us down with them.

  4. Charlie Seivard December 4th, 2016 at 16:24

    Dumb + Dumber= DUMBEST

    • Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2016 at 16:33

      Your math is off. The answer is trump.

  5. Tommie December 4th, 2016 at 16:41

    Trump is a guy who just says sh*t to get a rise out of people, especially, his followers!

  6. labman57 December 4th, 2016 at 17:01

    In the sage words of Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben:
    With great power comes great responsibility.

    It is irresponsible of Trump, Pence, and Priebus to perpetuate the myth that millions of pro-Clinton voters did not have the legal right to vote.

  7. amersham1046 December 4th, 2016 at 17:48

    Lets just keep beating that drum-
    Fox will thank you

  8. oldfart December 4th, 2016 at 18:25

    “refreshing” and “possible”.
    Funny, that’s exactly what I was thinking about the recounting efforts with the votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania…

  9. bpollen December 4th, 2016 at 18:27

    Lies are presidential!

  10. fahvel December 5th, 2016 at 03:38

    then re count ALL the votes from every nook, cranny, holler, and subway station – all of them.

  11. Bill December 5th, 2016 at 10:08

    Trump and truth have never met. Pence, Priebus and so many others are just idiot enablers. A pox on all their houses.

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