10-18-2016, 12:41 PM
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I heard Paul Ryan issue a statement that the elections in our democracy are fair and he has confidence in the system.
Chris Christie also directly stated that there is no evidence of voter fraud conspiracy.
Marco Rubio firmly declared that the voter/poll rigging rhetoric is false in a senatorial debate last night as well.
From what I've seen, it's really only Guiliani, Gingrich, and Sessions who are trying to bolster Trump's baseless claims that the election is rigged at the polls. They're citing small scale examples of voter fraud from ages ago and I don't think anyone who reads or checks facts believes them. They're just firing up the Trump core and standing by their man's rhetoric that "people in inner cities", "illegal immigrants" and "dead people" are conspiring with the Democrats to snatch victory from Donald Trump. It makes no sense logistically or historically, and I think it's a pitiful sham slam on democratic elections and the country for the sake of Trump's ego.
Most of Trump's politician surrogates aren't willing to float that sham slam on the country and the states and are instead claiming he really meant that the media is conspiring against him. Trump IS claiming that the media is conspiring against him, but he is also absolutely and repetitively insisting voter/poll fraud conspiracy. Pretending like he didn't say it just makes the surrogates look disingenuous and silly; Trump's on numerous rally and interview videos saying it. He's gone so far as to call upon his loyalists to essentially deputize themselves and monitor polling stations, leading many from both parties to fear real voter intimidation/suppression will take place under the guise of preventing non-existent voter fraud.
I think CNN is unbalanced in its coverage, focusing too much of its time on repetitive negative Trump stories; I think Trump and company have a legitimate point on that front. I can't watch CNN for too long at a time. FOX is just as bad or worse in favor of Trump and Republicans and I can't watch it for too long either. I just watch a little of each after watching video of the candidates' themselves, in their own words, and reading the public docs/statements. It's not hard to get news and facts and form opinions without subscribing to any media outlets' overt or implicit bias.
I heard Paul Ryan issue a statement that the elections in our democracy are fair and he has confidence in the system.
Chris Christie also directly stated that there is no evidence of voter fraud conspiracy.
Marco Rubio firmly declared that the voter/poll rigging rhetoric is false in a senatorial debate last night as well.
From what I've seen, it's really only Guiliani, Gingrich, and Sessions who are trying to bolster Trump's baseless claims that the election is rigged at the polls. They're citing small scale examples of voter fraud from ages ago and I don't think anyone who reads or checks facts believes them. They're just firing up the Trump core and standing by their man's rhetoric that "people in inner cities", "illegal immigrants" and "dead people" are conspiring with the Democrats to snatch victory from Donald Trump. It makes no sense logistically or historically, and I think it's a pitiful sham slam on democratic elections and the country for the sake of Trump's ego.
Most of Trump's politician surrogates aren't willing to float that sham slam on the country and the states and are instead claiming he really meant that the media is conspiring against him. Trump IS claiming that the media is conspiring against him, but he is also absolutely and repetitively insisting voter/poll fraud conspiracy. Pretending like he didn't say it just makes the surrogates look disingenuous and silly; Trump's on numerous rally and interview videos saying it. He's gone so far as to call upon his loyalists to essentially deputize themselves and monitor polling stations, leading many from both parties to fear real voter intimidation/suppression will take place under the guise of preventing non-existent voter fraud.
I think CNN is unbalanced in its coverage, focusing too much of its time on repetitive negative Trump stories; I think Trump and company have a legitimate point on that front. I can't watch CNN for too long at a time. FOX is just as bad or worse in favor of Trump and Republicans and I can't watch it for too long either. I just watch a little of each after watching video of the candidates' themselves, in their own words, and reading the public docs/statements. It's not hard to get news and facts and form opinions without subscribing to any media outlets' overt or implicit bias.