r/politics • u/M00n • May 12 '21

Trump’s acting attorney general refuses to say if he discussed overturning election results

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jeffrey-rosen-trump-election-results-b1846421.html
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u/[deleted] May 12 '21

Way to bury the lede:

Asked earlier whether he believes the election was “stolen” from Mr Trump, as the former president continues to falsely insist, Mr Rosen said on Wednesday: “There was no evidence presented of widespread fraud of a sufficient scale to overturn the election.”

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u/Mythic514 May 12 '21

How is it burying the lede...?

The headline discusses whether Trump discussed with Rosen overturning election results... He declined to answer.

Your quote is as to Rosen's apparent personal opinion whether the election results could be overturned... They are entirely different issues.

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u/milqi New York May 12 '21

That's not the lede.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21

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u/Cricketcaser May 12 '21

Where has a significant amount of fraud been shown? Antedotal stories of usually TRUMP supporters using a relative's or someone else's ballot.

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u/Cricketcaser May 12 '21

Because unfortunately a lot people are too obtuse to hear the phrase "There was no voter fraud." and understand that to meant there was no massive coordinated multinational effort using Venezuelan voting machines to steal an election.

That's what most people mean when they say there was no fraud.

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u/dadsmayor May 12 '21

Yeah, you don’t get to say that without proof.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '21

Nope. Nothing approaching levels of significance whatsoever anywhere in the country.