Thread. This Washington Post story is a prime example of what bias in journalism looks like. The headline is ridiculous. Despite what WaPo claims, the GOP’s goal is not at all to challenge efforts to make voting easier.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gop-challenge-efforts-to-make-voting-easier-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2020/04/04/61f889fe-75bb-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html …
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The story bizarrely presents as fact that Republicans are “block[ing] attempts to make voting safer during a pandemic” This is not at all what we are doing. In fact we are very open to being flexible on changes in light of the pandemic.
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We have made that abundantly clear, but The Washington Post completely ignored it and chose to adopt DNC talking points instead.
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At no point in the story does it present arguments for why removing safeguards on mail or absentee ballots could lead to fraud. Media bias doesn’t just present itself with how stories are written, but also with the details they don’t include. This is a prime example.
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Republicans support efforts to ensure that no voters are disenfranchised due to emergency protocols in response to COVID-19. But you would never know that or even have a chance to hear that argument in this Washington Post story.
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Here is our position that WaPo omitted: It is critical to preserve the integrity of the process if states expand the availability of mail voting. States should not mail a ballot to every registered voter, particularly inactive voters, as this creates an opportunity for fraud.
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States could instead offer an absentee ballot application to active registered voters. States should maintain identity verification measures like signature matching or alpha-numeric identifying information requirements.
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Dems want to use this crisis to make electoral changes that fit their far-left agenda. While the RNC wants to ensure no voters are disenfranchised, national vote by mail would open the door to new problems like election fraud & ballot harvesting. We must protect against that.
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For how concerned Democrats are that the Russians could have affected the 2016 election results, it is shocking to see them adopt a position that every safeguard we have on our election process should be thrown out the window because of COVID-19.
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But you would never understand that argument if you read this Washington Post story. Democracy dies in darkness indeed.
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What WaPo conveniently omits is that the leading Democrat candidate for President, Joe Biden, has opposed moving the Wisconsin primary date. And the Wisconsin governor himself dragged his feet on making changes to their election process until it was way too late.
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