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In describing Hannah Arendt's book ,The Origin of Totalitarianism, Elliot Lusztig noted that in the course of Hitler's repeated false claims about the Jews that "Nazis were not describing what was true, but what would have to be true to justify what they planned to do next." To bring Lusztig's words into this specific situation, we've been so baffled by Trump's repeated false claims of 3-5 million illegal votes and the need to fact check him in response, we weren't asking the truly important question: "What does he plan to do in response to that belief?"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...stration-voter-fraud-investigation-mike-pence
If an investigative committee was created that was any less impartial than the election committee that investigated the outcome of the 2000 election, then what can absolutely be guaranteed is that what we are looking at is the groundwork for a massive voting purge.
Vice-President Mike Pence said that the Trump administration will “initiate a full evaluation of voting rolls in the country and the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election”, according to audio obtained by the Guardian.
Trump has pledged an investigation of voter fraud in the wake of his unfounded claims that between 3 million and 5 million fraudulent votes were cast in the 2016 election. In response to a question from Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama, who described Trump as being “spot on” on the issue, Pence described the investigation that the administration is planning on undertaking. The vice-president, who focused on a Pew Research Center report often cited by Trump that referenced issues with faulty voter registrations, pledged to members of Congress: “We’ll be looking at ways to work with you and follow the facts and see where the facts go.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...stration-voter-fraud-investigation-mike-pence
If an investigative committee was created that was any less impartial than the election committee that investigated the outcome of the 2000 election, then what can absolutely be guaranteed is that what we are looking at is the groundwork for a massive voting purge.
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