Infowars Pushed Undocumented Voters Myth Trump Is Embracing
Source: Talking Points Memo
Donald Trumps campaign has yet to provide any evidence for the President-elects new claim that millions of votes cast by undocumented immigrants cost him the popular vote.
While elections officials and fact-checking websites have adamantly denied that any such widespread voter fraud occurred, one national news site has pushed this myth: conspiracy theorist Alex Jones Infowars.
A widely-shared November 14 article from the site that alleged that Trump may have won the popular vote claims that more than three million votes were cast by non-citizens. As PolitiFact documented, the story is based off tweets from Gregg Phillips, a GOP operative who claims to be the founder of VoteStand.org, a voter fraud reporting app. It also cites a report from VoteFraud.org, though no such report exists.
Phillips told PolitiFact he was still analyzing and verifying data and refused to offer any additional information about how he arrived at the three million figure.
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yuiyoshida
(41,832 posts)so is Alex Jones gonna be apart of the new Administration? If so, there will be so much BS floating about, one is gonna need a rowboat!!
Blanks
(4,835 posts)get the red out
(13,466 posts)This is giving the criminally insane the keys to the ward.
pampango
(24,692 posts)SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)joewicker_TX
(73 posts)Bat. Shit. Crazy. His little compound down there in Austin is NOTORIOUS for spreading this kind of panic based false information. No wonder he's so attracted to Trump....
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)PROVE IT
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)All that does is legitimize a CT RW propaganda outlet.
lark
(23,105 posts)There is no authentication, no reason, no rhyme other than 3 million is more than her 2 million + vote margin. If there were, we'd know about it from reputable sources instead of his orange craziness.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)"Infowars" supports anything (including the sky is blue, the sun rises in the east or rain is wet), you should immediately tune it out.