# Trump Tells Pence To Investigate Voter Registrationv **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142 "2017-02-06T03:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/1 "2017-02-06T03:15:46Z")
The asshole just can’t let it go. It’s not enough he won the fucking election. He continues to push his lies about phantom votes and illegals voting. His fragile ego apparently can’t handle the idea that many (MOST) of us rejected him. A true narcissist, he can’t deal with the idea that we don’t idolize him. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/05/trump-says-pence-will-head-investigation-into-voting-irregularities-despite-lack-of-evidence-of-fraud/?utm\_term=.589d07da8c1d](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/05/trump-says-pence-will-head-investigation-into-voting-irregularities-despite-lack-of-evidence-of-fraud/?utm_term=.589d07da8c1d) > [@](#): > > **Trump says Pence will head investigation into voting irregularities, despite no evidence of fraud** > > Vice President Pence will lead a commission to investigate voter registration issues, President Trump said Sunday. > > In an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly before Super Bowl LI, Trump — who shortly after taking office told congressional lawmakers that 3 to 5 million illegal votes had cost him the popular vote against Hillary Clinton — reiterated his concerns about voter irregularities, saying he planned to task his vice president with looking into concerns about voter registration. > > “I’m going to set up a commission … headed by Vice President Mike Pence, and we’re going to look at it very, very carefully,” Trump said. > > Despite no credible evidence that any massive voter fraud occurred during the 2016 presidential race, especially on the scale Trump suggested, the president has continued to push the theory, much to the chagrin of some of his aides and many congressional leaders. > > On Sunday, O’Reilly pressed Trump on his penchant for making dubious claims without having “the data to back it up,” and the president seemed to narrow his focus from large-scale voter fraud to irregularities with voter registration. Even O’Reilly sounds like the voice of reason compared to this diaper stain. When will someone put a stop to his bullshit??? What the fuck. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/2 "2017-02-06T03:22:45Z")
Mitch McConnell does not approve: > [@](#): > > Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday no federal money should be spent investigating voter fraud – which President Donald Trump has falsely claimed cost him millions of votes. > > McConnell told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” he wants to leave the task of wiping voters who have died or moved away off their rolls to state governments. > > “This sort of thing is handled at the state level, and the Democrats always claim there’s no election fraud at all. That is, of course, not true – election fraud does occur. There’s no evidence that it occurred in such a significant number that would have changed the presidential election, and I don’t think we ought to spend any federal money investigating that,” the Kentucky Republican said… This is from [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/politics/mitch-mcconnell-voter-fraud-states-trump/). The same story is at [Breitbart](http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/05/mcconnell-no-federal-money-investigating-voter-fraud/). ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/3 "2017-02-06T03:30:48Z")
They’re not going to find fraud, but they’ll find enough to purge voter registrations of Democrats. Part of the plan for 2018 and 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/4 "2017-02-06T03:32:27Z")
What are the democrats so afraid of? That they will be revealed as liars and frauds? I too believe that illegal voter fraud is something that should be investigated. Let’s do the investigation and let’s see what the facts are. There is already widespread fraud and cheating within the democrat party. A good example is that ridiculous Democrat chairperson with the blue hair, Donna Brazile, who was leaking debate questions. Rigging and cheating is how the democrat party operates. It’s part of their DNA. Let’s find out exactly how many illegals and democrats were able to commit voter fraud. I believe that the real answer will come as a shock to many people. Liberals sure seem to be allergic to finding out certain facts that they’d rather not hear about. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/5 "2017-02-06T03:32:33Z")
Democrats should embrace this and claim that until we understand whether Trump’s election was legitimate that we should table the Supreme Court justice hearings. The will of the people and what not. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/6 "2017-02-06T03:49:22Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > Liberals sure seem to be allergic to finding out certain facts that they’d rather not hear about. Considering you’ve lied in every single post you’ve made on this board, you should choose your accusations more carefully, Mr. Glass House. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/7 "2017-02-06T03:54:27Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > What are the democrats so afraid of? > > That they will be revealed as liars and frauds? > > I too believe that illegal voter fraud is something that should be investigated. Let’s do the investigation and let’s see what the facts are. > > There is already widespread fraud and cheating within the democrat party. > > A good example is that ridiculous Democrat chairperson with the blue hair, Donna Brazile, who was leaking debate questions. Rigging and cheating is how the democrat party operates. It’s part of their DNA. > > Let’s find out exactly how many illegals and democrats were able to commit voter fraud. I believe that the real answer will come as a shock to many people. > > Liberals sure seem to be allergic to finding out certain facts that they’d rather not hear about. I would like to know how much money this is going to cost taxpayers !!!?? Maybe you like to piss away but I can’t stand seeing taxpayers getting screwed over ! Why is it so fucking hard to understand Trump is NOT loved by everyone ! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/8 "2017-02-06T03:54:52Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > What are the democrats so afraid of? > > That they will be revealed as liars and frauds? > > I too believe that illegal voter fraud is something that should be investigated. Let’s do the investigation and let’s see what the facts are. > > There is already widespread fraud and cheating within the democrat party. > > A good example is that ridiculous Democrat chairperson with the blue hair, Donna Brazile, who was leaking debate questions. Rigging and cheating is how the democrat party operates. It’s part of their DNA. > > Let’s find out exactly how many illegals and democrats were able to commit voter fraud. I believe that the real answer will come as a shock to many people. > > Liberals sure seem to be allergic to finding out certain facts that they’d rather not hear about. Piss off you idiot troll. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/9 "2017-02-06T04:02:41Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > I would like to know how much money this is going to cost taxpayers !!!?? Maybe you like to piss away but I can’t stand seeing taxpayers getting screwed over ! > Why is it so fucking hard to understand Trump is NOT loved by everyone ! Peanuts, that’s what such an investigation would cost in the big scheme of things. And the cost is besides the point, because it is vital to the integrity of our election process that every legal citizen knows that their vote counts, and that their vote is not being cancelled out by somebody else who is illegally committing voter fraud. Any fraud within the electoral system should be eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/10 "2017-02-06T04:06:26Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > They’re not going to find fraud, but they’ll find enough to purge voter registrations of Democrats. Part of the plan for 2018 and 2020. This. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/11 "2017-02-06T04:07:11Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > Peanuts, that’s what such an investigation would cost in the big scheme of things. > > And the cost is besides the point, because it is vital to the integrity of our election process that every legal citizen knows that their vote counts, and that their vote is not being cancelled out by somebody else who is illegally committing voter fraud. > > Any fraud within the electoral system should be eliminated. Suddenly Trump is vitally concerned with the integrity of the US democratic process? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/12 "2017-02-06T04:13:29Z")
Trump needs to keep attention on his imaginary claims of voter fraud to divert public attention from the real fraud that occurred - Russian interference in favor of Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/13 "2017-02-06T04:21:37Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Democrats should embrace this and claim that until we understand whether Trump’s election was legitimate that we should table the Supreme Court justice hearings. The will of the people and what not. This is true. Even if you could establish people voted that shouldn’t, there is no way to ever know who they voted for. Anyone up for a do-over? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/14 "2017-02-06T04:38:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Trump needs to keep attention on his imaginary claims of voter fraud to divert public attention from the real fraud that occurred - Russian interference in favor of Trump. You are right. That is what needs to be investigated, but it never will. Trump cried about “fraud” and “rigged” until he was gong to win. Then when the third party candidate demanded investigations and recounts, his own people said everything was legit. Now he wants investigations because 1. he’s a raging narcissist and a psychopath 2. it’s a diversion from all the really crooked shit he’s up to. 3. it’s an “in” to disenfranchise voters. I think they need to investigate “Russiagate” and all his conflicts of interest. And release his tax information. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/15 "2017-02-06T04:58:32Z")
I think that the Democrats should get behind this as long as it includes voter suppression and interference by corporate, state, and foreign entities. Seriously, I can not think of a crime with a worse risk/return ration than voter fraud. I’m going to risk prison just to run up Hillary’s total in California? Get real. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/16 "2017-02-06T06:17:49Z")
Oh Joy! I’m going to have to post this is a few threads. [Check this out](http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/create-your-own-trump-signed-executive-order-with-online-generator-1.13066643). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/17 "2017-02-06T06:32:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Trump needs to keep attention on his imaginary claims of voter fraud to divert public attention from the real fraud that occurred - Russian interference in favor of Trump. Actually, there was voter fraud–on the part of at least one pro-Trump Republican official. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/18 "2017-02-06T07:24:52Z")
Did he ever actually explicitly say, in this latest rendition, that he was sending Pence on a voter _fraud_ snipe hunt? 'Cause he could dick around with dead people registered and shit like that and then declare victory. Plan A is lying, sure, but Plan B is changing the subject. I’m thinking that’s the plan, pretend that voter registration is a big hairy ass deal, and just forget he ever said “three million”. Not like he has any shame. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/19 "2017-02-06T07:36:42Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Oh Joy! I’m going to have to post this is a few threads. [Check this out](http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/create-your-own-trump-signed-executive-order-with-online-generator-1.13066643). Some friendly advice: If I were you, I’d read the registration agreement before I went off and did that. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142/20 "2017-02-06T11:33:44Z")
If it will keep Pence occupied and away from harming the country, I’m all for it. _(And McConnell has already said he won’t fund it–win/win.)_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-pence-to-investigate-voter-registrationv/779142.md?page=2)