After dissolving the voter fraud commission, President Donald Trump accused some blue states of refusing to turn over data in order to hide persons who voted illegally.
“Many mostly Democrat States refused to hand over data from the 2016 Election to the Commission on Voter Fraud. They fought hard that the Commission not see their records or methods because they know that many people are voting illegally. System is rigged, must go to Voter I.D.,” Trump tweeted.
Several minutes later, he tweeted again and urged Americans to push hard for voter identification.
“As Americans, you need identification, sometimes in a very strong and accurate form, for almost everything you do…..except when it comes to the most important thing, VOTING for the people that run your country. Push hard for Voter Identification!” Trump emphasized.
Trump signed an executive order Wednesday disbanding his controversial voter fraud commission. The White House later blamed the decision to end the panel on more than a dozen states that have refused to comply with the demand of the commission for reams of personal voter data, Associated Press reported.
“Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and he has asked the Department of Homeland Security to review its initial findings and determine next courses of action,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders stated.
According to some critics, the commission was a part of a conservative campaign to make it harder for poor people and minority voters to vote and to justify Trump’s claims of frauds. Some of the critics also believe that the commission is part of an attempt to distract the attention from the ongoing investigation into the alleged Russian meddling in the presidential election. Without presenting any evidence, Trump has alleged that three to five million people voted illegally in the presidential election in 2016.
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