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DHS admits its massive 'noncitizen voter' claim was basically fan fiction

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Turns out the government’s big scary numbers about voter rolls were just a rough draft that never should have left the chat.

Remember when the Trump administration made headlines by claiming they’d discovered a quarter-million noncitizens on voter rolls across four states? Well, it turns out that the numbers were inflated and strictly preliminary.

Instead of a smoking gun, it looks more like a collection of data errors that got turned into a political talking point before anyone checked the math. The agency basically sent these half-baked stats to states, knowing full well they hadn't been verified.

It’s almost like shouting fire in a theater just to see if people would run. The truth is much quieter, and significantly less dramatic.

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  1. Rugged Yankee
    i am shocked, shocked i tell you. or maybe i'm not shocked at all.
    +1 jokeA Casablanca reference in the wild? How original, I am truly breathless from the sheer novelty
  2. Drive-Thru Influencer
    this is why nobody trusts these agencies anymore.
    +1 boringA profound observation that has only been made about ten billion times since the dawn of bureaucracy