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Giuliani says he's working on Trump's impeachment defense, would argue voter fraud claims

Democrats opened the door. They put election fraud right in the articles.

IMHO - this was a mistake, because they opened the door to Trump undermining their case with any evidence of fraud or election malfeasance. They would have been better served by leaving this out, and insisting the incident on 1/6.
If there were any evidence, you'd be right. The only hard evidence is isolated incidents of people cheating in favor of Trump. The rest is speculation.
 
Trump plans on pardoning hundreds of people on Tuesday. I am sure Rudy will get a pardon. I have also seen reports that Rudy is stepping down from defending Trump during the impeachment trial.
True, his provoking comment ..the one he used to inflame the crowd before the insurrection "trial by combat" excludes Rudy as an attorney, could be a witness however. His license to be an lawyer should be revoked, he's a ridiculous joke, unfit.

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There is a bit more than just hand counts matching voting machines. If votes were inserted into the process that shouldn't have been, the paper totals will still match. That would include electronic votes inserted into the polls (as has been alleged). It would also include all of these paper ballot issues - those after the election deadline, those not postmarked by the standard, and those which should have been rejected due to defects in the ballot (including signatures not matching). Not to mention questions about the handling of damaged ballots, etc.
This is what I mean by speculation. There is no evidence that any of this actually happened.
 
Easy answer - 1) Guiliani din't file all the court cases, and 2) with a few early examples, they did have evidence.

Are you saying there was no fraud? No wrongdoing? Or that there was no evidence of it?
No evidence of widespread fraud which could materially alter the election result. You can speculate as much as you like, but without hard evidence for a court to hear you're going nowhere, fast-as Giuliani discovered. Did you know that the far-right Heritage Foundation found just 1300 examples of fraud and attempted fraud since 1982? I'd love to know where Trump got his "millions" of fraudulent ballots figure.
 
Why do you believe Democrats don't want to discuss election fraud? They have the evidence that not only counters Trump's claims, but also shows that most of what was put out was bullshit and dismissed by courts across the country.
Are you kidding? They avoid the topic like the plague - denying any fraudulent voting, bad practices, or wrongdoing. Likely because the most of the questionable practices were being conducted by democrats. There's probably also an element of satisfaction with the outcome, and a feeling that if they admit to issues that will somehow jeopardize that.
 
They haven't. Again, the cases were dismissed for technical reasons - standing, mootness, latches.

I think the courts on general principle are extremely reluctant to step in with regards to the electoral process - especially when it comes to potentially 'throwing out votes'. In many cases, they toss it to the legislative branch - which is the branch designated to weigh in. They don't want to be a part of determining the outcome. I think they will be more amenable to hearing cases once we are past the inauguration, and we're talking about the 'next election'.
...and lack of evidence. If you're taking a case to court you better make certain you're prepared. 60+ cases tossed by the courts should tell you something.
 
You missed the point. There were a lot of emergency lawsuits filed - they weren't heard on the merits, but dismissed for other reason. I already addressed this. Getting a court to intervene in an ongoing election is very difficult.

I expect a number of more substantive cases to be filed in the coming months (or continued from what has been filed).


One of the favorite tactics of the left is to be dismissive and insulting - relying on personal attacks rather than having a conversation or objectively evaluating the facts. This 'cult' talk is a great example of that. I'd personally prefer to discuss the issue.
When you present speculation instead of facts, people will dismiss you, and rightly so. Whining about it only makes it worse.
 
There's been a bunch of baseless BS alleged. The problem for Trump is alleging something is not to prove it and to overturn elections requires PROOF, not bullshit allegations of Dominion, Iran, CHAVEZ!!! and stories about trunks full of votes that are easily debunked by watching the video.
We're not dealing with reality here, Trump deals in conspiracy theories and his lame brain miscreant followers lap it all up. So sad for our country.
 
No. He would need to show significant and/or widespread voter fraud actually occurred, like he is claiming. Not that simply a case of election fraud or "potential" for election fraud exists.
He just needs to show enough that fraud/wrongdoing occurred - enough to raise doubts, or at least make people say, "Yes, there were some issues that should be looked into". "Widespread" is a bit of a moving goalpost for the left. Just remember - Democrats opened the door to this, and they didn't have to.
 
You don't actually have any evidence for these claims.
dcsports is playing the "what If" game. "If votes were inserted........". At this point the votes were either inserted or they were not. The lack of links to links dcsports uses is generally lacking even when asked to provide them. Even in Arizona there are some Trump supporters who continue to believe the conspiracy theories because Trump continues to promote them.
 
No evidence of widespread fraud which could materially alter the election result. You can speculate as much as you like, but without hard evidence for a court to hear you're going nowhere, fast-as Giuliani discovered. Did you know that the far-right Heritage Foundation found just 1300 examples of fraud and attempted fraud since 1982? I'd love to know where Trump got his "millions" of fraudulent ballots figure.
Again with the shifting sands! Moving goalposts!
 
Me personally, no. But there's plenty of it. The lawsuits are public record.
No there isn't. I've looked at the evidence provided in the lawsuits, and it is speculation and bullshit, subjective opinions and claims that make no sense. Much of that which could be considered "objective evidence" has been countered and disproven by others. You/they do not get to make such claims and then expect to be able to simply legally dismiss any objections or evidence made against it as "mainstream media lies". That is not how our legal system works.
 
dcsports is playing the "what If" game. "If votes were inserted........". At this point the votes were either inserted or they were not. The lack of links to links dcsports uses is generally lacking even when asked to provide them. Even in Arizona there are some Trump supporters who continue to believe the conspiracy theories because Trump continues to promote them.
I was addressing a specific point. Follow the thread up a bit.
 
He just needs to show enough that fraud/wrongdoing occurred - enough to raise doubts, or at least make people say, "Yes, there were some issues that should be looked into". "Widespread" is a bit of a moving goalpost for the left. Just remember - Democrats opened the door to this, and they didn't have to.
He needs to show that it occurred in a significant way, in a way that supports the claims Trump and his allies are actually making, not what you claim the Democrats are making in response. You are wrong here. Trump and his allies do not have evidence of voter fraud existing in a way that would have changed the election in Trump's favor, which is what they would have to show because claims of election fraud were initially his.
 
Are you kidding? They avoid the topic like the plague - denying any fraudulent voting, bad practices, or wrongdoing. Likely because the most of the questionable practices were being conducted by democrats. There's probably also an element of satisfaction with the outcome, and a feeling that if they admit to issues that will somehow jeopardize that.
Again, no evidence to support this.
 
Are you kidding? They avoid the topic like the plague - denying any fraudulent voting, bad practices, or wrongdoing. Likely because the most of the questionable practices were being conducted by democrats. There's probably also an element of satisfaction with the outcome, and a feeling that if they admit to issues that will somehow jeopardize that.
I am an Independent and willing to discuss the topic.
- "Questionable practices being conducted by democrats."... Explain how that is done in Arizona which the Republicans have the majority including the Governor Office?
- Provide links to the sources you used to come to your conclusions of "fraudulent voting, bad practices, or wrongdoing".

- Layout your case with supporting links. Let's see if you have anything other than what Team Trump, S. Powell or L. Wood has claimed.
 
No there isn't. I've looked at the evidence provided in the lawsuits, and it is speculation and bullshit, subjective opinions and claims that make no sense. Much of that which could be considered "objective evidence" has been countered and disproven by others. You/they do not get to make such claims and then expect to be able to simply legally dismiss any objections or evidence made against it as "mainstream media lies". That is not how our legal system works.
Obviously, you are not looking at all the lawsuits, or are just plain using partisan blinders.
 
Are you kidding? They avoid the topic like the plague - denying any fraudulent voting, bad practices, or wrongdoing. Likely because the most of the questionable practices were being conducted by democrats. There's probably also an element of satisfaction with the outcome, and a feeling that if they admit to issues that will somehow jeopardize that.
You can't discuss evidence that doesn't exist.
 
There's very little that has been heard on the merits. And I feel there's a strong basis for wrongdoing in many of these cases. Violations of state law, court agreements submitted contrary to the law, procedures not followed, processes not being transparent to flat out lying. Not to mention a lot of sloppy work.

Again, I've never said these would overturn the election - just the opposite. But these were wrong, and sloppy, and opened the whole process to being questioned. I would like every one of these examined and fixed for the next election, so we won't run into these issues again. Wouldn't you?

What was "wrong and sloppy" was Giuliani and his team of incompetents turning up to press a lawsuit with no supporting evidence. What kind of idiot does that and hopes to win a case?
A Trump addicted clown, one who should be barred for buying into ridiculous conspiracy theories.

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Obviously, you are not looking at all the lawsuits, or are just plain using partisan blinders.
I've looked at the evidence presented and the lawsuits. The only one with partisan blinders on is you. Evidence has been presented against the statistical arguments and others. If you disagree, show the exact evidence you feel is strongest for voter fraud, what you feel I have not looked at.
 
I was addressing a specific point. Follow the thread up a bit.
and you address the point by playing "what if"

What if Team Trump is playing a propaganda game and know what they say is false? That they are doing it to try and overturn what they know is an election Trump lost. Addressing issues with "what if" does nothing.
 
I am an Independent and willing to discuss the topic.
- "Questionable practices being conducted by democrats."... Explain how that is done in Arizona which the Republicans have the majority including the Governor Office?
- Provide links to the sources you used to come to your conclusions of "fraudulent voting, bad practices, or wrongdoing".

- Layout your case with supporting links. Let's see if you have anything other than what Team Trump, S. Powell or L. Wood has claimed.
I'm not going to lay out a blow by blow here. I provided examples upstream. I'll repeat a few here, but would encourage you to go to the original sources.

1) Pennsylvania changing election deadlines to something other than what what specified under state law.

2) Election observers having reduced numbers and access - not being able to conduct meaningful observation in numerous states, including Michigan and Georgia.

3) Election observers told ballot counting was complete in Georgia, and being sent home, then counting resuming.

4) The certification issues in Michigan, where members of the board of canvassers objected to certifying the results when there were significant reconciliation issues. They were pressured to change their decision, and did so with a promise of an audit. The audit wasn't done.

5) Changes to the mail in signature requirements in Pennsylvania and other states.
 
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