Resisting Voter Fraud Fraud

This is how states stick their thumb in Trump’s eye.

President Trump on Wednesday abruptly shut down a White House commission he had charged with investigating voter fraud, ending a brief quest for evidence of election theft that generated lawsuits, outrage and some scholarly testimony, but no real evidence that American elections are corrupt.

Mr. Trump did not acknowledge the commission’s inability to find evidence of fraud, but cast the closing as a result of continuing legal challenges.

“Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry,” Mr. Trump said in a White House statement.

“Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action,” he said.

In fact, no state has uncovered significant evidence to support the president’s claim, and election officials, including many Republicans, have strongly rejected it.

This was obvious bullshit from the beginning, but in that moment after Trump took over, there was great fear everyone would capitulate to the fascism of the Oval Office. Saying no to Trump’s absurd attempts to keep people of color from voting was a great first step in resisting all of his agenda. Kris Kobach will likely run for governor of Kansas and we will see if there’s a bottom to what is actually wrong with the Sunflower State. But discrediting this entire effort is an actual win.