There is, however, a certain magic in making allegations about widespread voter fraud, particularly from a position of authority. (As we reported in February, nearly 1 million Texas residents became citizens during the decade from 2007 to 2016, a period that overlaps with Whitley’s allegations.) The Texas fraud debacle might, to another politician, have been humbling, an example of the dangers of jumping on enticing allegations before they have been vetted. The state was the subject of his first post-2016 allegation about the existence of rampant voter fraud. "All available evidence,” Trump's legal team offered, “suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake."

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 14:48 UTC