{"id":12009,"date":"2017-01-25T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12009"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:57:14","slug":"trumps-dangerous-new-voter-fraud-lies-bradcast-1252017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12009","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Dangerous New &#8216;Voter Fraud&#8217; Lies: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 1\/25\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_TrumpClosePoint_012517.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, Donald Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/25\/politics\/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-voter-fraud\/index.html\">called<\/a> this morning for &#8220;a major investigation&#8221; into what he falsely claims to be 3 to 5 million illegal votes cast in the November 2016 election, &#8220;including those registered in two states&#8221;. But Trump probably should have checked with his own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/25\/politics\/kfile-mnuchin-voter-registration\/\">top<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/jan\/25\/steve-bannon-voter-registration-trump-election-voter-fraud\">appointees<\/a> before pointing fingers. [<i>Audio link to show posted below.<\/i>]\n<p>Of course, many Republicans will be all too happy to &#8220;investigate&#8221; Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/01\/25\/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-alleged-voter-fraud\/?utm_source=maropost&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=news_alert&#038;utm_content=20170125\">&#8220;bogus&#8221;<\/a> claims and use them, no matter what little fraud is revealed, in order to institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/analysis\/voting-laws-roundup-2017-preview\">voting restrictions<\/a> that have nothing to do with fraud, but may well keep those who tend to vote Democratic from being able to vote at all.<\/p>\n<p>As discussed today, we&#8217;ve been covering these issues for more than a decade here at <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a> and on <i>The BradCast<\/i> for a reason. Donald Trump is just one of them.  We look at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/01\/24\/recidivism-watch-spicer-uses-repeatedly-debunked-citations-for-trumps-voter-fraud-claims\/?utm_term=.013de270c850\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/issues\/voter-fraud\">debunked<\/a> claims, the discredited studies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/24\/politics\/voter-fraud-white-house-academic\/index.html\">cited<\/a> in support of them by his Press Secretary and the nascent <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/oversightdems\/unsubstantiated-republican-claims-of-voter-fraud-39b59b19aaa3#.d8bksr80i\">effort<\/a> by some Democratic members of Congress to push back.<\/p>\n<p><i>Also today<\/i>: More on Team Trump&#8217;s chilling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-epa-climatechange-idUSKBN15906G\">efforts<\/a> to remove climate science and environmental protection from the Environmental Protection Agency and listener calls on all of the above and much more&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_TrumpVoterFraudLies_EPALockdown_Callers_012517.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_TrumpVoterFraudLies_EPALockdown_Callers_012517.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, Donald Trump called this morning for &#8220;a major investigation&#8221; into what he falsely claims to be 3 to 5 million illegal votes cast in the November 2016 election, &#8220;including those registered in two states&#8221;. But Trump probably should have checked with his own top appointees before pointing fingers. 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