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A Census Bureau report is being twisted to justify election theories

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It turns out that one weird report is doing a lot of heavy lifting for Donald Trump these days.

So, there is this obscure report from the Census Bureau that everyone is suddenly obsessed with. It turns out that a right-leaning think tank had their fingerprints all over the process that led to this specific data being published. Now, Donald Trump is using it to claim that non-citizens were flooding the ballot boxes back in 2020.

The experts are already rolling their eyes because the methodology is, to put it lightly, highly unusual and basically detached from reality. It is a classic case of taking a nuanced study and slapping a sensationalist sticker on it to win a political argument. It is not exactly a smoking gun, but it sure looks like a desperate attempt to keep a ghost story alive.

Somehow, math has become the latest arena for political fan fiction.

Source: NPR

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10/24
  1. Pumpkin-Spiced Bigfoot
    here we go again with the 'lost election' narrative, yawn.
    +1 boringA yawn-inducing observation that adds as much value to the discourse as a screen door on a submarine
  2. Hustling Linebacker
    wait, so the census bureau is now a political tool? that's terrifying.
    +2 emotionalSomeone just discovered that institutions can be politicized; welcome to the real world, population: everyone
  3. Texan Redneck
    the math literally doesn't support the claim, but facts don't matter anymore.
    +6 solidPointing out that math is inconvenient for conspiracy theorists is the most thankless job on the internet
  4. Maverick Survivalist
    lol, whatever helps them sleep at night, i guess.
    +1 jokeA dismissive shrug of a comment that perfectly captures the collective apathy of the comment section