Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill was forced to admit that President Trump was right about voter fraud, when she announced that 6,600 noncitizens made it onto her state’s voter rolls. Sherrill chalked it up to a “serious software error” in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System, and that 400 of those people voted illegally.
That means at least 400 Americans in Sherrill’s state were disenfranchised, with their votes stolen by non-citizens. Sherrill knows how bad this is, because she tried to deflect and said President Trump has no credibility on the subject, which is not just wrong, but humiliating for Sherrill.
There’s always a process for stories like this, too, and it goes in three steps:
- That thing isn’t happening; it’s a right-wing conspiracy.
- Okay, that thing is happening, but not much.
- Yeah, that thing is happening, and here’s why it’s a good thing.
We’re on Step Two right now. Jake Tapper and his guests tried to dismiss these revelations as no big deal, and it’s clear the guests on Abby Phillip’s show, and Phillip herself, got the memo, too.
“6,600 noncitizens made it onto the voter rolls. That, to me, is widespread voter fraud,” said Jesse Arm.
“That’s widespread?” asked Abby Phillip.
“I think it would be bad if one person who is not a legal citizen,” Arm began.
Phillip asked him what percentage of New Jersey voters were made up of those 6,600 noncitizens.
“Where’s the proof that it’s widespread?” she asked. “That is 0.006 percent of registered voters in the state.