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In act of transparency, White House delays release of report on voting machine vulnerabilities ahead of US midterms

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Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! That is the main issue here. That can be pointed out without the double-think "There is no fraud / there are vulnerabilities in election machines." It prevents whirling dervishes at trying to spin not reporting vulnerabilities around claims there is no fraud.
Never mind the report that we buried, we’re going to let loyal Americans in on ‘the real truth’!
 
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I suggest you re-read the OP then - you're the one who decided to start talking about people claiming "there is no fraud."
I suggest you consider the implication of suddenly worried about voting machines after the mantra "There is no fraud." If there is no fraud, then machine vulnerabilities don't matter. If, however, machine vulnerabilities matter, then there's a risk of that fraud that we're told doesn't exist.

Trying to claim both at the same time might be good double-think, but it's not consistant,
 
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I suggest you consider the implication of suddenly worried about voting machines after the mantra "There is no fraud." If there is no fraud, then machine vulnerabilities don't matter. If, however, machine vulnerabilities matter, then there's a risk of that fraud that we're told doesn't exist.
I suggest you re-read my previous post where I already addressed this point.
 
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I suggest you consider the implication of suddenly worried about voting machines after the mantra "There is no fraud." If there is no fraud, then machine vulnerabilities don't matter.

Aren't we talking about different things now? Vulnerabilities might have existed before, the fact that there is no evidence that they have been used is not a reason not to remove them if you know about them.

If, however, machine vulnerabilities matter, then there's a risk of that fraud that we're told doesn't exist.

Trying to claim both at the same time might be good double-think, but it's not consistant,

This doesn't seem to follow.
 
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White House officials have for months delayed the release of a US government report that outlines what it describes as significant vulnerabilities in the nation's voting machines ahead of the November midterms, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Some White House officials have argued the report could undermine voter confidence, particularly among Republicans. Others have said they do not believe the report goes far enough in supporting President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, the three sources said.

Some of the vulnerabilities detailed in the ODNI report have long been known to prior administrations, said one former senior Biden administration official and two of the other sources. The vulnerabilities include machines running outdated software and having the ability to connect to the internet, which hackers could exploit.

All of the sources said they were unaware of any evidence of vote manipulation in US elections.

Trump is literally holding up vital bills in order to force Congress to allow him to meddle with elections; if this report provided any ammunition to justify his goals, he would have it out there.

Are these the same vulnerabilities that we were told don't exist and which one company entered into a defamation lawsuit over?
We can’t know until/unless the report (which is still as yet unreleased by the Trump Administration) sees the light of day.
 
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