Ellen Weintraub, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, on Monday rebuked President Donald Trump’s repeated allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election as “damaging to our democracy” and wholly unsubstantiated.
“There is no evidence of rampant voter fraud in 2016 or really in any previous election,” Weintraub, a Democrat, told CNN.
“People have studied this. Academics have studied this. Lawyers have studied this. The government has studied this. Democrats have studied this. Republicans have studied this,” she continued. “And no one can find any evidence of rampant voter fraud either historically or particularly in the 2016 elections.”
The White House did not immediately return an email seeking a response to Weintraub’s remarks.
Trump on Thursday asserted at a rally in New Hampshire that voter fraud is the reason he lost the Granite State’s four electoral votes in the previous presidential election. He told supporters at an arena in Manchester, “It was taken away from us.”
In a letter to Trump on Friday, Weintraub challenged Trump “to provide any evidence” that could back up those statements. “To put it in terms a former casino operator should understand: There comes a time when you need to lay your cards on the table or fold,” she wrote.
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FEC chair Ellen Weintraub's remarks Monday come after her Friday letter to the president challenging him to "provide any evidence" of rampant voter fraud that he alleged during his rally last week in New Hampshire https://t.co/woWp4WSWaq
— POLITICO (@politico) August 19, 2019
The FEC chair clobbered Trump for claiming Dems cheated the 2016 election:
"Academics have studied this.
Lawyers have studied this.
The government has studied this.
Democrats have studied this.
Republicans have studied this.
No one can find any evidence of rampant voter fraud" pic.twitter.com/5MoiREBX8R— POLITICO (@politico) August 19, 2019
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