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Dulcinea

(10,581 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 04:31 AM Yesterday

In primetime speech, Trump doesn't provide evidence for illegal voting

(NPR) President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, raised claims on Thursday that the country's voting systems are vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen," without providing new evidence of a single fraudulent vote cast in any election.

In a 25-minute primetime address from the White House's East Room that included many baseless claims, Trump said he was declassifying intelligence documents that he said reveal "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure." Those include allegations of Chinese efforts to influence American elections, concerns over voting machine security, and that noncitizens are found on certain states' voter rolls.

However, many of the documents the White House posted online during the speech did not appear to fully support sweeping claims the president made.

Trump said during the address his goal was "not to weaken confidence in elections." However, he has long contended that he won the 2020 election — a lie that still comes up often in his speeches and social media posts. Numerous reviews have debunked his claims about that election.

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5896448/trump-election-address

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In primetime speech, Trump doesn't provide evidence for illegal voting (Original Post) Dulcinea Yesterday OP
Thanks for the recap, Dulcinea. Dr. T Yesterday #1
Of Course He Can't Provide Evidence MissouriDem47 Yesterday #2
What'samatteryou? If he showed the evidence on t.v., the Chinese would'a stole it. 3Hotdogs Yesterday #5
I'm giving this a big Duhhhhhh Bengus81 Yesterday #3
Sounds like he was confessing something. MoseShrute Yesterday #4
He says "noncitizens are found on certain states' voter roles" FakeNoose Yesterday #6
Geez NPR. Way to take the gloves off! maxsolomon 20 hrs ago #7
you can't provide what doesn't exist Ray Bruns 18 hrs ago #8
Right? Mullin's yapping today bout 250,000 non-citizen voters that have been uncovered... Beartracks 13 hrs ago #10
"Without providing new evidence"? It seems he doesn't have OLD evidence either. Beartracks 13 hrs ago #9

MissouriDem47

(483 posts)
2. Of Course He Can't Provide Evidence
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 06:52 AM
Yesterday

Trump can't and won't provide evidence about interference with the 2020 election because there wasn't any.

MoseShrute

(197 posts)
4. Sounds like he was confessing something.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:11 AM
Yesterday

Every accusation is a confession with that cocksplat.

FakeNoose

(43,534 posts)
6. He says "noncitizens are found on certain states' voter roles"
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:33 AM
Yesterday

WTF? How did he find this, when he doesn't have any states' voter roles?

He has sued at least 15 states to get them to turn over their voter registration data, and he has LOST EVERY CASE. He's 0-15 and he will continue to lose if he brings more lawsuits against our states.

No federal judge will rule in Chump's favor, if it means violating the judge's oath to uphold the US Constitution. And Chump's voter-data lawsuits are unconstitutional. So I'm calling "BS" on all of this!

maxsolomon

(39,612 posts)
7. Geez NPR. Way to take the gloves off!
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 01:06 PM
20 hrs ago
many of the documents the White House posted online during the speech did not appear to fully support sweeping claims the president made.


So harsh!

Beartracks

(14,808 posts)
10. Right? Mullin's yapping today bout 250,000 non-citizen voters that have been uncovered...
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:56 PM
13 hrs ago

... and that's what I thought, too: How you can "uncover" something that doesn't exist? Trump doesn't speak things into existence -- but I guess if you're an Oklahoma Republican, then Dear Leader's word is all the "evidence" you need.

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Beartracks

(14,808 posts)
9. "Without providing new evidence"? It seems he doesn't have OLD evidence either.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:54 PM
13 hrs ago

All of it is just in his wishful thinking. That's why everyone calls it the Big Lie.

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