Kobach witness can’t support claim that illegal votes helped Hillary Clinton

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(03-14-2018, 03:41 PM)Au165 Wrote: Actually there have been articles written about it years later, some up to 10+ years later. I think it is revisionist history to act as if it wasn't a big deal then, or even the years following the election. Honestly, there are a couple things at play that make the situation slightly different. Today's social media's environment is fueling partisan politics and negative outlooks of the opposite party. You're hearing about it 24/7, and all other topics too, because that is the age we live in constant media all the time. Another large things was that the topic just kind of went by the way side after 9/11 as the country actually came together and moved on with bigger issues at hand to deal with.

This is all true. It was a big deal for years. With regards to 2016, it's an even bigger deal because people tend to see 3 million or 2% more votes as more significant than 500 thousand and 0.5% more votes. 

Though one difference is Bush didn't keep bringing it up, didn't suggest those 500,000 more votes were illegal, and didn't create a commission to prove so.