Saturday, May 30, 2020

Same Day Twitter Fact-Checks Trump on Election Fraud, Fed Employee Accused of Committing Fraud

It was the fact check heard 'round the world: Twitter slapping a tag on a tweet by President Donald Trump suggesting the president's comments about the potential for fraud in voting by mail were inaccurate.

Not that the media noticed, but it wasn't a particularly good day to do it, since it was the same day a federal employee was charged with attempted election fraud involving mailed ballots.

Naturally, the same day this fact check came out, a mail carrier in West Virginia was charged with election fraud in relation to mail-in ballots.

In terms of large-stakes stuff, well, look at what happens when you have a national election which is mostly vote-by-mail - which is what the Democrats want.

Take former South Philadelphia election judge Domenick DeMuro, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy for adding to vote totals for Democratic candidates for Common Pleas Court judge in 2015.

The North Carolina Board of Elections refused to certify the election and a new election had to be held - this time without Harris, who withdrew citing health problems.

McCrae Dowless, the political operative behind the alleged election fraud, is facing a host of charges relating to the ballot harvesting scheme and Social Security fraud, according to Raleigh's News & Observer.

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