The Great Replacement Theory and the dishonest ‘noncitizen voting’ issue melds Trump’s two favorite things. And it isn't about the “election integrity.” It's about boosting Trump’s bid for the presidency, just as killing the Senate's border security bill sent over to the House ("dead on arrival" no hearing under Speaker Johnson), was killed on demands of Mr. Trump and his Magadonian allies.
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The point of all of this is not to actually address a problem with American elections. It is, instead, to boost Trump’s bid for the presidency by 1) pretending that this is one of myriad problems with elections and 2) talking about immigration.
The Great Replacement Theory
With the nod to “great replacement theory” advocates serving as icing.
The Washington Post Fact Checker walked through this last month. Suffice it to say that a Brennan Center analysis of 23.5 million votes in 42 jurisdictions during the 2016 election found 30 incidents of suspected noncitizen voting — or about 0.0001 percent of votes cast. If the same rate held in 2020, it would mean about 200 noncitizen votes cast nationally in that presidential election.
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quotes from linked article:
The point of all of this is not to actually address a problem with American elections. It is, instead, to boost Trump’s bid for the presidency by 1) pretending that this is one of myriad problems with elections and 2) talking about immigration.
The Great Replacement Theory
With the nod to “great replacement theory” advocates serving as icing.
The Washington Post Fact Checker walked through this last month. Suffice it to say that a Brennan Center analysis of 23.5 million votes in 42 jurisdictions during the 2016 election found 30 incidents of suspected noncitizen voting — or about 0.0001 percent of votes cast. If the same rate held in 2020, it would mean about 200 noncitizen votes cast nationally in that presidential election.
Analysis | The dishonest ‘noncitizen voting’ issue melds Trump’s two favorite things
There’s no need for a law barring noncitizens from voting in federal elections since 1) they can’t and 2) they don’t. But it lets Trump talk about his two favorite things.
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