Posted on Sep 17, 2020
Biggest Worry On Election Security Is Americans' Loss Of Confidence, Wray Says
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The greatest peril posed to American elections is that the cloud of fear and uncertainty about them will cause citizens to stop believing they matter, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Congress on Thursday.
The bureau's top G-Man was asked in a House homeland security hearing about his No. 1 concern as the FBI and other agencies work to quash the manifold foreign threats posed to this and future elections. Wray said the worst danger isn't something within the power of a foreign government.
"The steady drumbeat of misinformation and amplification of small instructions, I worry, contribute over time to a lack of confidence in American voters and citizens in the validity of their vote," Wray said. "That would be a perception not a reality ... but I worry that people will take on a perception of futility because of all the noise and obfuscation that's generated."
The FBI director didn't mention one of the biggest critics of the validity of U.S. elections — his own boss, President Trump.
The bureau's top G-Man was asked in a House homeland security hearing about his No. 1 concern as the FBI and other agencies work to quash the manifold foreign threats posed to this and future elections. Wray said the worst danger isn't something within the power of a foreign government.
"The steady drumbeat of misinformation and amplification of small instructions, I worry, contribute over time to a lack of confidence in American voters and citizens in the validity of their vote," Wray said. "That would be a perception not a reality ... but I worry that people will take on a perception of futility because of all the noise and obfuscation that's generated."
The FBI director didn't mention one of the biggest critics of the validity of U.S. elections — his own boss, President Trump.
Biggest Worry On Election Security Is Americans' Loss Of Confidence, Wray Says
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I have long since accepted that the republic envisioned by our Founding Fathers is a far cry from the system we currently live under. The very fact that to even be a serious contender for national office requires a king's ransom should confirm that. I do still believe our elections "matter"... I just see it as a "numbers game" that depends a great deal on states being carried rather than individual voters. I neither believe in nor particularly desire a "popular" vote to carry the day... there's too much room for "mob rule" to trample the rights of others. For me, the system "works" so long as our individual freedoms never become dependent on the results of any said election. Republican or Democrat... it should make no difference to our 1st, 2nd, or any other rights granted under the Constitution. We can survive higher taxes or reduced subsidies. We can endure good or bad foreign policy decisions (mostly because the people who are entrusted to make it reality are in their twenties or thirties, highly trained, and generally altruistic). We can manage to coexist under leadership that is more or less "moral". What we cannot endure, and must never be asked to endure, is a government that openly and brazenly passes legislation that forces us to act, think, or believe in conflict with our principles. To that, I'll add one other important caveat for anyone who believes as I do... we cannot be tricked into choosing a leader who wants more than just the White House, but the whole world.
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What? Me Worry? If elections are conducted totally (or even partially) by mail, I'm supposed to be confident that it will be fair, even though the Postal Workers union is 100% behind one candidate? Of course, here in California, that isn't the biggest concern. During the 2016 mid-terms we saw almost every GOP candidate lose when harvested ballots arrived overnight. We went to bed expecting fair results and woke up to something entirely different. So, do I worry? Hell no! I'm absolutely confident the results will be rigged...
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