Donald Trump's California voter fraud claims, debunked (Audio)
Donald Trump's California voter fraud claims, debunked (Audio)
- November 28, 2016
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, via Southern California Public Radio, Nov. 28, 2016
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Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Chicano Studies at UC Irvine, says
the motivation behind this assertion may be rooted in pride. "I think his ego is bruised
by the fact that he lost the popular vote," DeSipio said. "Picking on immigrants and
asserting that they're massively violating the U.S. law, I think, echoes the rhetoric
of his campaign when he demonized immigrants for all kinds of things. Now, he's demonizing
them for his losing the [popular vote]."
For the full story, please visit http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2016/11/28/53296/donald-trump-says-there-was-serious-voter-fraud-in/.
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