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Vote investigation would accomplish...nothing

1/25/2017

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President Trump is tweet-threatening to order an investigation into what he calls voter fraud on a massive scale – and everyone else says is a lie.

I hope those who supported him are paying close attention because this may be, even for him, the most selfish thing he has said so far. First, there is no voter fraud. Every study shows that and every secretary of the state (including Republicans) has said there is no such cheating going on such a scale. He claims three to five million phony votes were cast.

Second, he promised to be a president unlike others – seriously putting people first and not himself.

But this is all about the President. He won the election – no one is challenging that. So even if there was such fraud, it didn’t affect the election results. He won the Electoral College; she won the runner-up contest by getting more votes. Like it or not. And coming in second in this case means you lose.

So, rather than focusing his time 100 percent, as he said he would, on families and the American worker, he is focused instead of himself, as he always is.

It’s one more example of his phony campaign. He won because of the promises he made to people to bring jobs back, to make the economy (which is very good at the moment) better and to make us safer. An investigation into voter fraud accomplishes none of those things.

In fact, it accomplishes nothing.


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Nick Lieder link
1/25/2017 12:57:08 pm

BJ,

I have been reading your blog for the past few months...(absolutely NOT long enough) and I just wanted to let you know how much I look forward to and enjoy your writing. You are pointed and exact in your critique but not unfairly biased. While I share your opinion of the Donald (he hasn't earned the right to be called Pres. Trump yet...inho) I havent yet learned to express my bias in anything less than vitriolic prose. I admire your temperance. Keep writing...I'll keep reading.

As an aside, you and I worked together when you were Communications Director at the RNC under Lee Atwater...I worked for Jay Banning at Head of Personnel. They were fun days! I have since relinquished my membership to the GOP and consider myself a left leaning political cynic!

All the best,

Nick Lieder

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B. Jay
1/25/2017 01:12:13 pm

Nick,

What a lovely note. Of course I remember you. And those were fun days, mostly:) I'm always pleasantly surprised to hear when folks find this blog. I appreciate you letting me know you're out there!

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    B. Jay Cooper

    B. Jay is a former deputy White House press secretary to Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also headed the communications offices at the Republican National Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Yale University. He is a former reporter and is the retired deputy managing director of APCO Worldwide's Washington, D.C., office.
    He is the father of three daughters and grandfather of five boys and one girl. He lives in Marion, Mass.

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