If President Trump is waiting for the Republican Congress to join him in his quixotic quest to launch the first investigation in American history that will uncover systematic voter fraud — well, he may be waiting a while. ABC reported Wednesday that Trump would like Congress’s help as he launches a “major” investigation to find the 3 million to 5 million votes he claims were cast illegally. For a variety of political and logistical reasons — but mostly political — Congress will almost definitely not have Trump’s back. “We haven’t been discussing that,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said in an interview Wednesday with MSNBC’s Greta Van Susteren when asked whether Congress would join in. “The president has 100,000 people at the Department of Justice, and if he wants to have an investigation, have at it,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of one of the top House investigative committees, told CNN.
At least one Republican in Congress is bucking this trend. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) offered to help Trump, according to a recording from a closed-door Republican retreat, complaining of alleged voter fraud in his own district. Brooks has declared there is a “war on whites,” especially with regard to accusations of racist comments dogging his fellow Alabamian, Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is Trump’s pick to be attorney general.
Brooks aside, there are plenty of good reasons Republicans in Congress aren’t jumping at the chance to help their president uncover voter fraud.
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