On repeated occasions, President Trump has embraced a contentious idea following a question posed by a journalist. Sometimes, too, he will seize on one presented by someone like Fox News’s Sean Hannity, as he did on Thursday.
The two were discussing Trump’s favorite subject of late, his untrue allegations that the 2020 election will be subject to massive electoral and voter fraud. While Trump’s recent focus has been mail-in balloting, Hannity mentioned an older favorite: the idea that in-person voting is suspect.
“Are you going to have poll watchers?” Hannity asked his friend during an interview clearly aimed at pulling viewers away from simultaneous coverage of the Democratic convention. “Are you going to have an ability to monitor, to avoid fraud and cross check whether or not these are registered voters? Whether or not there’s been identification to know that it’s a real vote from a real American?” Continue reading.