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Search results for "Trump has been purging Black officials in independent agencies at a higher rate than anyone else"

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Bill Nelson stated on May 29, 2012 in letter to Gov. Rick Scott:
"In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not."
By Katie Sanders• June 5, 2012
Ron Johnson stated on May 17, 2020 in various statements:
On keeping inspectors general independent of the president
By Eric Litke• May 29, 2020
Nancy Pelosi stated on December 17, 2019 in a tweet:
Says voter roll purge would mean "more than 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters will be prohibited from voting."
By Eric Litke• December 18, 2019
MoveOn.org stated on June 27, 2012 in an email:
Gov. Rick Scott "tried to kick 180,000 people off the voter rolls."
By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2012
Hillary Clinton stated on June 04, 2015 in in a speech at Texas Southern University:
"In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000" and "in 2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off."
By Amy Sherman• June 9, 2015
MoveOn.org stated on June 27, 2012 in an email:
"Every one of the 67 supervisors of elections" in Florida refused to carry out the effort to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.
By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2012
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2020 in a speech:
Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.”
By Eric Litke• December 4, 2020
Viral image stated on October 14, 2021 in an Instagram post:
There will be a “clown purge” on Oct. 30.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2021
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2020 in a speech:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2020
Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 12, 2018 in in a tweet:
"Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."
By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• November 13, 2018
Hank Gilbert stated on January 11, 2010 in a speech.:
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 18, 2010
Alcee Hastings stated on May 29, 2012 in a press conference:
Florida election officials’ requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a "backdoor poll tax."
By Amy Sherman• June 7, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2022 in a Facebook video:
“The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”
By Amy Sherman• January 14, 2022
Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started."
By Bill McCarthy• September 28, 2021
Donald Trump stated on September 25, 2021 in a rally in Georgia:
Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.”
By Amy Sherman• September 28, 2021
Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":
“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”
By Bill McCarthy• November 2, 2021
Barack Obama stated on November 02, 2016 in a rally in North Carolina:
The list of voters that North Carolina Republicans "tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic."
By Lauren Carroll• November 7, 2016
Black Lives Matter stated on April 20, 2021 in a tweet:
“Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 27, 2021
Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars:
"Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."  
By Allison Graves• November 18, 2016
Marvin Pratt stated on November 02, 2010 in a TV interview:
Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."
By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2010

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