Trump pulls bombshell stunt ahead of election - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen

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BTC: In an effort to stop the rigging of elections, Republicans are desperately trying to rig elections. This is just another day.

With 2026 being an election year, each one of our nation's election officials are gearing up to make sure that these midterms go as smoothly as the ones before it. And that includes this guy.

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Trump: So, it's no mail and ballots with the exception of disability, illness, military, or if you're traveling, you can get an exemption. You know, if you happen to be uh out of the country for a good reason, you can have an exemption. So, with exceptions, it's no mail-in ballots. And that will assure the security of our crooked elections. We have crooked elections.

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BTC: That's right. In the event that you and your family are, let's say, taking a little jaunt on the SS Bullshitter to a particular island for lunch

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Howard Lutnick: …for an hour…

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BTC: you'll still be able to cast your vote.

But these exceptions for mail and voting are just that, exceptions. Because, as our president reminded us this morning, America's election integrity is at stake.

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Trump: You know, we're the only country in the world that does a system like we do. We're the only country in the world that has mail-in ballots. The way we do this is unbelievable. It guarantees cheating.

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BTC: Yes. The only country in the world that has mail-in voting as long as you don't count the world. In 2024, the International Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance found that 34 countries or territories allow postal voting or mail-in voting. For example, Australia has had mail-in voting for a century and all Canadians are eligible to vote by mail. See, even Canada votes by mail, which is not to say that Canada's elections aren't without problems. When you vote up there, there's the chance of getting checked on your way to the post office. Only wholesome comedy when it comes to Canada.

Now, all of this comes as the Republican lead House passed the SAVE America Act this week, which ironically does the exact opposite. Yes, their Constitution shredding legislation requires voters to not only show photo identification in order to cast a ballot in person, but also require states to obtain documentary proof of citizenship in person, such as an American passport or birth certificate from someone in order to register them to vote in a federal election. But not to worry because as we all know, once you show your birth certificate, you've earned every Republican's trust.

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Trump: It's not a birth certificate, Candy. And people are trying to figure out why isn't he giving his birth certificate. It's not a birth certificate.

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BTC: Ah, when you look back now, it's still racist. By the way, this birth certificate issue the GOP has put forth doesn't simply apply to former presidents. For millions of married women who have taken their spouse's name, birth certificates may not match the legal names they now use. Imagine that? Just because you got married and didn't change your name on your birth certificate, you might not be able to take part in our democracy.

As an example, if this woman didn't change her name to Mrs. Dipshit {photo and Eric and Lara Trump displayed} she wouldn't be able to vote. And what's sadder than that? Besides being married to her actual husband.

Now, while almost everybody can see that this is simply a blatant attempt by the GOP to disenfranchise more voters, others see it differently.

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Unidentified guest: Here we are again. We just want common sense measures. I mean, look, you cannot, you know, get a beer, get a wine. I can't even go in and buy, you know, certain types of medications in the drugstore, and I'm 65, uh, without ID and to prove who I am. And this is so foundational, especially in this age of identity theft and the ability of cartel members and organized crime members to really just, you know, undermine people's identity.

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BTC: Yes, as we all know, while the cartel may dabble in the world of trafficking illegal narcotics and weaponry, their real focus still remains committing voter fraud. I mean, who can forget that season of Breaking Bad where Walt and Jesse stay up all night fabricating ballots for the cartel?

With all the talk of protecting America's election integrity, it's worth pointing out what a small problem this actually is. A study showed that there were 31 credible instances of impersonation fraud from 2000 to 2014 out of more than 1 billion ballots cast over that period. Republicans are attempting to solve a problem that does not exist. It's like creating a whole hand job free section at the Broadway shows simply because of one incident. {photo of Lauren Boebert shown}

Granted, while voter fraud is vanishingly rare, as noted, there were a few cases on the books. But while Republicans have decided that even those few instances are reason enough to go after the cheating Democrats, they might want to take a second glance at the party affiliations.

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News Host: Today, nine Michigan Republicans accused of trying to keep former President Donald Trump in power appeared virtually in an Ingham County courtroom.

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News Host: Continue to follow the arrest of State Representative David Cole. He was booked into the Madison County jail Tuesday. Cole, a Republican, he's charged with voter fraud.

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News Host: Republican lawmaker Austin Smith has slammed Maricopa County's 2020 vote as a national disgrace and embarrassment. Now, it is Smith who's accused of breaking election laws. The charge, he forged petition signatures required to get on the 2024 ballot.

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BTC: That's right, signature forgery. While many of us did it to skip school, Republicans are doing it to win elections. But good luck getting a member of the MAGA crowd to readily admit it.

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Reporter: Voter fraud's a real problem in the country.

Protester: I know. I know all about it.

Reporter: Have you ever seen any voter fraud?

Protester: Yeah, me. I did it.

Reporter: You you you committed voter fraud? What'd you do?

Protester: Voted twice for Trump.

Reporter: Really? Four years ago?

Protester: Yes.

Reporter: Did you get in trouble for that?

Protester: Yeah. I'm still on probation for it.

Reporter: Really?

Protester: Yeah. Now, if I voted for Hillary, I would have got a gold medal.

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BTC: Sure. But then you would have had to give that gold medal to your favorite prez.

The reality is the SAVE America Act, this heroic piece of patriotic legislation being pushed by the administration and the GOP, might be a little easier to stomach if every action prior to this by them wasn't a direct attack on our free and fair elections. They haven't done a single thing to build trust or confidence with voters. Despite Donald Trump's never-ending claims that the 2020 election was rigged and the fact that his own attorney general said there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud, this still happened recently.

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Reporter: The FBI last week raided a Fulton County, Georgia election center, seizing ballots and other records related to the 2020 election. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard observed the raid and two sources say she facilitated President Trump speaking by phone directly to FBI agents involved in the search.

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BTC: That's right. The FBI conducted a totally definitely normal raid of election materials related to debunk claims about the 2020 election. And that totally normal phone call between the President of the United States and the FBI agents. One US official said the call was fairly short, perhaps just a minute long, and compared the conversation to a pep rally or a coach giving an encouraging halftime speech to his players.

And we've all seen those halftime speeches, right? The ones where the coach famously tells his players how he doesn't care about winning. All right, men. I want you to go out there and fight like hell for either side. This isn't about victory. This is about integrity. I want to see some goddamn points up on that board, but I don't care which team has them. Now, hands in, clear eyes, full hearts. Whatever outcome happens will be fine by me.

And the guy under Trump behind this whole Fulton County raid.

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PBS NewsHour Host: One other detail in here, the FBI says that this investigation originated with a referral that was sent by Kurt Olsen, who is a Trump appointed director of election uh security and integrity.

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BTC: Now, that's right. This is Kurt Olsen, who isn't just the least attractive member of the Olsen family. It turns out he's also a completely discredited election denier. In Arizona, he was sanctioned in federal court for making false claims. In Georgia, a legal effort on behalf of the DeKalb County Republican Party challenging the state's use of election machines failed. And this guy is now one of the people in charge of, as the Republicans put it, saving America, which pretty much is like hiring Steven Miller as your hair stylist or putting Matt Gaetz in charge of your daughter's sweet 16 party.

How on earth does this administration expect voters to trust them when they are currently doing this?

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PBS NewsHour Host: And the Justice Department is suing Nevada, saying the state is improperly withholding voter data requested as part of the investigation into elections.

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ABC News Host: That Nevada is not alone. The Justice Department is also suing Colorado, Hawaii, and Massachusetts. Federal prosecutors say they're looking to enforce voter registration and access laws. But Nevada officials say they're worried about privacy.

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BTC: Worried about privacy? Why on earth would that be? What you think just because the Department of Justice released the names of Epstein survivors in their document dump while redacting the names of Epstein's co-conspirators means they can't be trusted? That's pretty juvenile, don't you think? Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to say juvenile. Just hearing that word makes Captain Lutnick want to start planning his next island based luncheon…

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Lutnick: …for an hour.

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BTC: Oh, but of course, Captain.

Republicans love to claim that Democrats are standing in the way of Americans faith in our elections, but no one is doing it more than them. Whether it's Trump pardoning insurrectionists, Republicans painting January 6 as a day of peace, or merely repeating the unfounded claims that the 2020 election was rigged, they have only themselves to blame. The fact that the party in power, the ones who control all three branches of government, are relentlessly attacking our democracy, to quote one voter in particular…

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Trump: …the way we do this is unbelievable.

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BTC: I couldn't agree more.