By: Mark Glennon | Wirepoints
With polls showing as few as 37% of Americans confident that our elections are open and honest, you wouldn’t think anybody would be bragging about integrity of the process. That’s especially true in Illinois, where the bungled vote count for Cook County State’s Attorney is rapidly getting even international attention.
But brag away is what Gov. JB Pritzker did. “Here in Illinois, our elections are protected,” he wrote on X (Twitter) last week. “We’re not scared of more of our people exercising their right to vote. That’s why we’ve expanded early voting, curbside voting, and made the vote-by-mail registry permanent to protect your fundamental right.”
The replies were savage — over 500 of them and counting, almost entirely negative.
Here are some of them:
Protected from what…? Is this a bad joke? You have @ToniPreckwinkle trying to steal an election in front of everyone for @ClaytonforCook…. Curbside or graveside…? Why is it so hard for me to show my ID at the voting booth…? Curbside cheating…I’d think that a valid form of identification would really help. It’s concerning that showing an ID is considered some sort of inequitable requirement that contributes to systematic racism & is some sort of violation of rights…You mean to make our elections impossible to audit and inherently unsecure…. Wow. This was sent in the literal middle of one of the biggest corrupt election theft jobs in crook county history…What about voter ID ? Stand up for real voting integrity. No, didn’t really think you would. Phoney…Stalin would be proud of you comrade…You made election stealing permanent. A national disgrace.
Those are among the more polite ones. You can see the rest here.
And of course there were video memes, like the one here, which pretty well sums up the replies.
Read more here.
