Episode 5651: Live From GOP Convention Dallas Night 1

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Why do the hosts argue that searching for voter fraud in a massive voter database is ineffective?

Unknown 0:00

If you were hunting for voter fraud that all prior evidence suggests is not there, is this how you would do it with a big voter database?

Michael Feinberg 0:09

No, it is not, because you are going to have such a mass over collection of data that you would need to go through that you're going to be spinning your wheels for a very long time, particularly in light of the fact, as you just noted, that the sort of voter fraud this administration is alleging is not really happening. We have zero evidence for it whatsoever. And it's a colossal waste of law enforcement's time. But casting a net to just suck up data on almost every citizen in the United States is going to make finding needles in a haystack or separating the wheat from the chaff or whatever metaphor you want to choose exponentially more difficult. It's one of the most inefficient ways to begin this sort of investigation that I can think of.

Unknown 1:00

Melissa, this Supreme Court, it has already handed the administration a number of wins from gutting the Voting Rights Act, striking down campaign finance guardrails, letting his mail ballot executive order temporarily proceed. How do you see them ruling on this?

Melissa Murray 1:14

It's hard to say, Alicia. Obviously, if the court is following the Constitution and following statutes, this whole episode raises a lot of red flags. Certainly, the whole idea of federalizing elections flies in the face of what the Constitution prescribes. And there are various statutes that provide protections for the data of American citizens and for all of the reasons that Jason just suggested. But as you say, this is a court that has been very amenable to this administration's request, especially when those requests are made on the shadow docket. The court likes to do things where they're issuing these orders. They tell us that these orders are interim orders, intermittent orders. And that this case may wend its way back to the court and maybe it'll make a different decision.

Melissa Murray 1:58

But in the final analysis, their decisions, even on this shadow docket, this interim docket, have real consequences because it allows the administration to continue doing what it is doing. And that, of course, is hugely consequential when time is of the essence, as it is in this case with the elections looming.

Nicolle Wallace 2:16

Now, as far as today's truly newsworthy live events are concerned, that does about cover it. But for the sake of your awareness, we should tell you what Republicans are doing in Dallas this afternoon, what they're calling a midterm convention, although that is a misnomer. They don't have any official party business to address nor any formal votes to cast. So it's rather unconventional in that way. No, less than eight weeks to go ahead of the midterms, a few Republicans will soon begin what can be described as a celebration of, for, and by Donald J. Trump. In addition to the privilege of hearing him speak twice in two days, attendees will be provided the opportunity, for example, to take a photo with him, reportedly for the sum of $86,000 to do that.

Nicolle Wallace 3:02

If they want more, they want face-to-face time, they can pay to attend a roundtable with Trump. They hand over a quarter of a million dollars if they want to do that. That is on top of the $25,000 it costs just to be at the convention in the first place. The salt in the wound is this. Trump is historically unpopular right now, politically toxic, really. His approval is subterranean. And more than a few Republicans running for office this fall would like to distance themselves from Donald Trump. This week's GOP attendance figures in Dallas are evidence enough of that. If you're partial to omens or metaphors, earlier this afternoon, the emergency slide went off aboard the Air Force One that was gifted to Donald Trump by the Qataris.

Nicolle Wallace 3:43

Apparently. It inflated prior to takeoff makes this next quote all the more believable. A person close to the White House went so far as to suggest to Politico that, quote, the vibes are very bad in Texas right now. Quote, hopefully nobody notices the embarrassing show. I don't think it will matter.