Calls to Disband Vote Fraud Panel
by DARTUNORRO CLARK
Sen. Chuck Schumer called on President Donald Trump on Thursday to dissolve his controversial vote fraud commission, blasting it as a voter suppression tool pushing the agenda of the same white supremacists who violently protested in Charlottesville.
"When the president began his 'Election Integrity Commission,' it raised a lot of eyebrows," Schumer, D-N.Y., said ... "But now, given what’s happened in the last several weeks, we’ve entered a new world and it’s even more important that the commission be disbanded" ...
He called the vote fraud panel and Department of Justice "wolves in sheep’s clothing" for their recent efforts to collect a massive amount of detailed nationwide voter data, which critics fear could be used to purge legal voters from the rolls.
"They are a ruse. Their only intention is to disenfranchise voters," Schumer wrote. "This is how the appalling failure to use the right words and stand up to hate in the aftermath of Charlottesville is made real in the form of policy; they are two edges of the same sword" ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/schumer-calls-trump-disband-vote-fraud-panel-after-charlottesville-n795601