Media Becomes Triggered After Kayleigh McEnany Fact Checks Twitter Over Mail-In Ballot Fraud Claims
Posted at 2:30 pm on May 27, 2020 by Sister Toldjah
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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My RedState colleague Nick Arama wrote earlier today about how Twitter is now “fact checking” President Trump’s tweets, starting with two he posted on Tuesday about how mail-in ballot voting is ripe for fraud, and has the potential of “rigging” the 2020 presidential election.
As Nick noted, a number of high-profile conservatives fact checked Twitter in response, debunking their erroneous claim that Trump’s statements about voting by mail were “unsubstantiated.”
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was another who pushed back hard against Twitter’s dismissal of Trump’s remarks on mail-in ballots, posting a series of tweets on the issue. Here are a few of them:
Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265423212307009537
Replying to @PressSec
In NV, excess ballots sent to inactive voters piled up in Las Vegas trash cans.
“What’s going to happen w/ these things, they’re NOT SECURED at all & there are THOUSANDS of them just sitting here. This just seems fraudulent to me, something stinks here.” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nevadas-vote-by-mail-primary-fraud-concerns …
Nevada's vote-by-mail primary stirs fraud concerns, as unclaimed ballots pile up: 'Something stinks...
Red flags are being raised about the all-mail voting system being used in Nevada’s most populous county ahead of the state’s June 9 primary election amid reports that thousands of ballots are being...
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265423214915866630
Replying to @PressSec
The @postandcourier reported that mail-in ballots from South Carolina turned up in Maryland.
Even more, voters in Greenville County received wrong absentee ballots in the mail earlier this year.https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/after-charleston-absentee-ballots-found-in-maryland-sc-considers-cutting-ties-with-printer/article_1da1a578-9ad8-11ea-a600-d3ff845d1c9b.html …
After Charleston absentee ballots found in Maryland, SC considers cutting ties with printer
South Carolina election officials could have counties cut ties to a Minnesota printer after about 20 Charleston County absentee ballots were found in Maryland this week.
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265423216383836163
Replying to @PressSec
Just LAST WEEK, @TheJusticeDept announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office & FBI in Philadelphia secured a guilty plea of an elections judge, who admitted to accepting
BRIBES
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BALLOTS. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-elections-convicted-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-and-bribery …
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265619807015141379
Replying to @PressSec
A bipartisan commission led in-part by former President Jimmy Carter (a Democrat) concluded that mail-in ballots “remain the LARGEST SOURCE of potential voter FRAUD.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/voting-by-mail-would-reduce-coronavirus-transmission-but-it-has-other-risks …
Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265619808512626688
Replying to @PressSec
In 27 states, a voter can designate someone else to turn in their ballot.
This practice leads to BALLOT HARVESTING.
For example, the registrar in Orange County, CA “reported in 2018 that his office had ‘people dropping off maybe 100 or 200 ballots.’” https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-vote-by-mail-nightmare-11590189749 …
Opinion | A Vote-by-Mail Nightmare
Trump or Biden by a whisker, with a million ballots thrown out.
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265619810068631552
Replying to @PressSec
.@TexasTribune reported Dallas officials “sequestered” 700 “suspicious ballots” after “off the charts” complaints.
Voters received UNSOLICITED mail-in ballots.
A grand jury INDICTED a man for using someone else’s mail-in ballot to vote.https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/23/texas-senate-panel-targets-mail-ballot-fraud/ …
Texas Senate panel targets mail-in ballot fraud after high-profile ...
A bill that largely relies on increased penalties to crack down on mail-in ballot fraud is headed to the Senate floor. Its movement is a new path for lawmakers who previously focused on rare in-per...
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Naturally, this triggered “journalists” like Tampa Bay Times political editor Steve Contorno, who rushed to find out whether or not McEnany has ever voted by mail. As it turns out, she has – which was more than enough for other reporters to declare Contorno’s find as a “great catch” (read: “gotcha”):
Christina Wilkie
✔@christinawilkie
https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/1265679208946204672
New: Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years, but she now insists that voting by mail is rife with fraud. Great catch by @scontorno https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/05/27/trump-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-has-voted-by-mail-11-times-in-10-years …
Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years
The Republican spokeswoman has said it shouldn’t be available to everyone.
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Except …. was it?
RBe@RBPundit
https://twitter.com/RBPundit/status/1265698191296651265
It's literally not the exact same thing.
Because you're not requesting the ballot (as in absentee voting). It's just being mailed to you. https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1265697133023432707 …
Jamie Dupree
✔@jamiedupree
Replying to @xchixm
No, they're the exact same thing. Your ballot comes in the mail. It has security checks. You can return by mail or drop it off. It's the same thing.
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alrightythen@jeeezelouise
https://twitter.com/jeeezelouise/status/1265688619605348355
Replying to @SiskoBaseball and 2 others
You can do the same. Just request an absentee ballot. Ir's easy.
This is entirely different than mailing ballots to every voter on the rolls that haven't been cleaned up in decades.
My parents left the state 7 years ago, still registered at my address. I'll get 3 ballots.
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Jay@OneFineJay
https://twitter.com/OneFineJay/status/1265688434678562816
Replying to @christinawilkie @scontorno
Absentee voting is one thing. The universal vote by mail being pushed now is a whole another level of crap and you and everyone who is pushing it knows it.
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https://twitter.com/_WilliamsonBen/status/1265687710376833030
She’s been at Harvard Law School and working political jobs in Washington DC. But other than that—huge scoop here. https://twitter.com/scontorno/status/1265676139290296324 …
Steve Contorno
✔@scontorno
NEW: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail in every Florida election she has participated in since 2010, according to state records.
McEnany has defended President Donald Trump's recent attacks on vote by mail.http://tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/05/27/trump-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-has-voted-by-mail-11-times-in-10-years/ …
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Grandpa Scott@grandpa_scott
https://twitter.com/grandpa_scott/status/1265701481509842944
Replying to @scontorno
If you cant see the difference between a person requesting vote by mail and just mass mailings of ballots based on voter rolls you aren't smart enough to have this discussion
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Last one nailed it.
BTW, McEnany did issue a statement in response to the “report” on her voting habits:
“Absentee voting has the word absent in it for a reason. It means you’re absent from the jurisdiction or unable to vote in person. President Trump is against the Democrat plan to politicize the coronavirus and expand mass mail-in voting without a reason, which has a high propensity for voter fraud. This is a simple distinction that the media fails to grasp.”
Our media firefighters either do not know the difference between a voter actually requesting a ballot be mailed to them vs. the state just mass mailing ballots to the names and addresses on their voter rolls, or do know the difference but are deliberately conflating the two anyway because Orange Man Bad.
Either way, it’s not a good look, and it most certainly is not “journalism.”
Posted at 2:30 pm on May 27, 2020 by Sister Toldjah
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
——-
My RedState colleague Nick Arama wrote earlier today about how Twitter is now “fact checking” President Trump’s tweets, starting with two he posted on Tuesday about how mail-in ballot voting is ripe for fraud, and has the potential of “rigging” the 2020 presidential election.
As Nick noted, a number of high-profile conservatives fact checked Twitter in response, debunking their erroneous claim that Trump’s statements about voting by mail were “unsubstantiated.”
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was another who pushed back hard against Twitter’s dismissal of Trump’s remarks on mail-in ballots, posting a series of tweets on the issue. Here are a few of them:
Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265423212307009537
Replying to @PressSec
In NV, excess ballots sent to inactive voters piled up in Las Vegas trash cans.
“What’s going to happen w/ these things, they’re NOT SECURED at all & there are THOUSANDS of them just sitting here. This just seems fraudulent to me, something stinks here.” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nevadas-vote-by-mail-primary-fraud-concerns …
Nevada's vote-by-mail primary stirs fraud concerns, as unclaimed ballots pile up: 'Something stinks...
Red flags are being raised about the all-mail voting system being used in Nevada’s most populous county ahead of the state’s June 9 primary election amid reports that thousands of ballots are being...
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265423214915866630
Replying to @PressSec
The @postandcourier reported that mail-in ballots from South Carolina turned up in Maryland.
Even more, voters in Greenville County received wrong absentee ballots in the mail earlier this year.https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/after-charleston-absentee-ballots-found-in-maryland-sc-considers-cutting-ties-with-printer/article_1da1a578-9ad8-11ea-a600-d3ff845d1c9b.html …
After Charleston absentee ballots found in Maryland, SC considers cutting ties with printer
South Carolina election officials could have counties cut ties to a Minnesota printer after about 20 Charleston County absentee ballots were found in Maryland this week.
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265423216383836163
Replying to @PressSec
Just LAST WEEK, @TheJusticeDept announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office & FBI in Philadelphia secured a guilty plea of an elections judge, who admitted to accepting
BRIBES
FOR
BALLOTS. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-elections-convicted-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-and-bribery …
Former Philadelphia Judge of Elections Convicted of Conspiring to
A former Judge of Elections has been convicted for his role in accepting bribes to cast fraudulent ballots and certifying false voting results during the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections in
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265619807015141379
Replying to @PressSec
A bipartisan commission led in-part by former President Jimmy Carter (a Democrat) concluded that mail-in ballots “remain the LARGEST SOURCE of potential voter FRAUD.”
Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks
As COVID-19 spreads, many are proposing to hold the November election by mail. Without careful preparation, though, the transition could run into logistical problems and provide opportunities for…
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265619808512626688
Replying to @PressSec
In 27 states, a voter can designate someone else to turn in their ballot.
This practice leads to BALLOT HARVESTING.
For example, the registrar in Orange County, CA “reported in 2018 that his office had ‘people dropping off maybe 100 or 200 ballots.’” https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-vote-by-mail-nightmare-11590189749 …
Opinion | A Vote-by-Mail Nightmare
Trump or Biden by a whisker, with a million ballots thrown out.
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Kayleigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1265619810068631552
Replying to @PressSec
.@TexasTribune reported Dallas officials “sequestered” 700 “suspicious ballots” after “off the charts” complaints.
Texas Senate panel targets mail-in ballot fraud after high-profile ...
A bill that largely relies on increased penalties to crack down on mail-in ballot fraud is headed to the Senate floor. Its movement is a new path for lawmakers who previously focused on rare in-per...
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Naturally, this triggered “journalists” like Tampa Bay Times political editor Steve Contorno, who rushed to find out whether or not McEnany has ever voted by mail. As it turns out, she has – which was more than enough for other reporters to declare Contorno’s find as a “great catch” (read: “gotcha”):
Christina Wilkie
✔@christinawilkie
https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/1265679208946204672
New: Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years, but she now insists that voting by mail is rife with fraud. Great catch by @scontorno https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/05/27/trump-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-has-voted-by-mail-11-times-in-10-years …
Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years
The Republican spokeswoman has said it shouldn’t be available to everyone.
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Except …. was it?
RBe@RBPundit
https://twitter.com/RBPundit/status/1265698191296651265
It's literally not the exact same thing.
Because you're not requesting the ballot (as in absentee voting). It's just being mailed to you. https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1265697133023432707 …
Jamie Dupree
✔@jamiedupree
Replying to @xchixm
No, they're the exact same thing. Your ballot comes in the mail. It has security checks. You can return by mail or drop it off. It's the same thing.
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alrightythen@jeeezelouise
https://twitter.com/jeeezelouise/status/1265688619605348355
Replying to @SiskoBaseball and 2 others
You can do the same. Just request an absentee ballot. Ir's easy.
This is entirely different than mailing ballots to every voter on the rolls that haven't been cleaned up in decades.
My parents left the state 7 years ago, still registered at my address. I'll get 3 ballots.
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Jay@OneFineJay
https://twitter.com/OneFineJay/status/1265688434678562816
Replying to @christinawilkie @scontorno
Absentee voting is one thing. The universal vote by mail being pushed now is a whole another level of crap and you and everyone who is pushing it knows it.
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Ben Williamson@_WilliamsonBen
https://twitter.com/_WilliamsonBen/status/1265687710376833030
She’s been at Harvard Law School and working political jobs in Washington DC. But other than that—huge scoop here. https://twitter.com/scontorno/status/1265676139290296324 …
Steve Contorno
✔@scontorno
NEW: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail in every Florida election she has participated in since 2010, according to state records.
McEnany has defended President Donald Trump's recent attacks on vote by mail.http://tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/05/27/trump-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-has-voted-by-mail-11-times-in-10-years/ …
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Grandpa Scott@grandpa_scott
https://twitter.com/grandpa_scott/status/1265701481509842944
Replying to @scontorno
If you cant see the difference between a person requesting vote by mail and just mass mailings of ballots based on voter rolls you aren't smart enough to have this discussion
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Last one nailed it.
BTW, McEnany did issue a statement in response to the “report” on her voting habits:
“Absentee voting has the word absent in it for a reason. It means you’re absent from the jurisdiction or unable to vote in person. President Trump is against the Democrat plan to politicize the coronavirus and expand mass mail-in voting without a reason, which has a high propensity for voter fraud. This is a simple distinction that the media fails to grasp.”
Our media firefighters either do not know the difference between a voter actually requesting a ballot be mailed to them vs. the state just mass mailing ballots to the names and addresses on their voter rolls, or do know the difference but are deliberately conflating the two anyway because Orange Man Bad.
Either way, it’s not a good look, and it most certainly is not “journalism.”
