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Donald Trump’s Short-lived, Bogus Election Integrity Commission
What did they find? Nothing, but it helped fuel the mess we’re in 5 years later
Only four months into his presidency, Donald Trump created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with the sole purpose of bolstering his widely deranged claims that he won the popular vote in 2016 “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”
After 8 months of investigating nonexistent voter fraud, the commission was dissolved. In other words, it was a complete waste of government resources, but there wasn’t a single chirp from any “small government” Republican politicians who incessantly accuse Democrats of frivolous federal spending.
Five years later, “election integrity” has become a staple of the Republican platform, and since their agenda rarely does anything to address improving the lives of the vast majority of Americans, it comes as no surprise they’re so focused on fixing a problem that didn’t exist in the first place.
The only real objective is to restructure the electoral map in a way that ensures Trump would never lose, so it doesn’t further damage his fragile ego if decides to run again in 2024. Because no person is a bigger sore loser than the former president; his whole life, he’s claimed everything is “rigged” from a chemistry test…
