Something Fishy in Wisconsin
Election integrity journalist Brad Friedman takes issue with the results from Wisconsin and the idea that we should trust "secret, proprietary systems" and election officials. "I don't think we should have to trust anybody in an election. Our system wasn't built on trust, it was built on checks and balances."Election integrity journalist Brad Friedman takes issue with the results from Wisconsin and the idea that we should trust “secret, proprietary systems” and election officials. “I don’t think we should have to trust anybody in an election. Our system wasn’t built on trust, it was built on checks and balances.”
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