Rep. Elijah Cummings went on the Ed Show last night and told outright lies about the Tea Party group True the Vote. (Full video here) True the Vote is dedicated to election integrity and reviews voter rolls for problems and trains poll watchers. The poll watcher training, just like training used by the federal government, teaches poll watchers how to record information about what happens in the polls. Yesterday, we learned one reason that some people don’t want them in the polls – because they will deter voter fraud.
Cummings, unfortunately, went on national television (though of course next to nobody was watching the ratings challenged Ed Show) and outright lied about private citizens.
His lies:
“True the Vote will do almost anything to stop people from voting.”
A lie.
“I am thoroughly convinced that this is an effort to intimidate voters.”
Another lie.
The True the Vote trained pollwatchers “will be very confrontational” with voters.
A third lie.
True the Vote wants people “to turn away” and leave the line and not vote.
A fourth lie.
Cummings says there “is no doubt about it” that these efforts of civic minded citizens are illegal.
A fifth lie.
Poll watchers are “harassing” people who want to vote.
A sixth lie.
And then Cummings’ big reveal: “The more people hear about all of these efforts, of trying to stop them from voting, the more they want to vote.”
Pay attention. All of the complaints about the role of the Tea Party in the polls this year is designed solely to energize a disappointed minority base. Thanks Elijah, we just suspected that was your motive.
Cummings is willing to bear false witness in order to help his political cause. This is the most shameful sort of politics, to lie about your neighbor to preserve your power. I wonder what Bishop Walter Thomas would think?
All other lies, whether from Demos, Common Cause, and all the others, are designed to do the same thing – to energize a base by lying about your neighbor.
He forgot that True the Vote are all racists. So am I. So are the trees and stars.
This man has much to conceal.
A number of years ago in my presence (and before he was elected to Congress), I asked Mr. Cummings from whom he sought guidance. He clearly responded: “Allah!”
I’m pretty sure you misheard him. What he actually said was “dollah”.
I usually don’t pay much attention to the people around me when I go to vote. I figure if the are inside they have a legal reason to be there. By the time I get to the polls I already know how I’m voting so I pretty much ignore the campaign workers outside. I don’t try to hide my ballot, I don’t care who sees how I’m voting. I guess about the only time I would really notice someone would be if they were in a wannabe uniform with a billyclub in their hands but I would still vote the way I want to. I figure anyone that tried to get physical would be on a one way trip to jail in short order. I would really start to wonder about the intentions of anyone that would turn away if they saw a poll watcher ahead.
I actually agree it is bearing false witness, as was that thing Lewis and Pelosi were involved in back in 2010. A pox upon their house.
The only obvious difference between this racist clown and Fat Al is…..Fat Al has hair. He was point man for interference and obfuscation between Obama/Holder and Rep. Issa’s committee. He’s hoping by the time we ever hear the truth about Fast and Furious nobody will remember his behavior.
But, hell, he may be right. With Benghazi and the millions of dollars in foreign donations to Dear Leaders reelection campaign, it may very well be a while before we hear about F&F again.
We don’t take the Dems or UN seriously – because they only care about votes for the Democrats.
When you point out the letters to FL Repulican Voters, the Military Absentee Ballots that go out way to late every 4 years, or Rosen (D-MD) – they simple DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.
Republicans a so better organized and if we start to vote twice or three times – LOOK OUT! I have property in 3 states and could easily vote in each one. I never have – but will if Obama steals this election with ACORN style tatics!
ObamaCare is defeated without Al Frankin. Without dead voters for Frankin, he lost the election-http://legacyofsucces
Known fact: Racists cannot stand being called racists. Yesterday on one of our local San Antonio, right-wing-hate stations, a caller prefaced her comments with, “I’m not at all racist,” and then went on to say that “they” [Black people] including President Obama, are just not very intelligent.
The moral of the story is, just saying you are not racist doesn’t mean a thing if you are in fact a racist. When True The Vote and their affiliates and supporters actually Stop Being racists, the rest of us will stop calling them racists.
You say racist, I say experience and common sense…