Joe Biden says that his team has built the most extensive (apparently not widespread) "voter fraud" organization in U.S. history. Is he referring to Protect Democracy and "The Transition Integrity Project?" "The Transition…
Joe Biden says that his team has built the most extensive (apparently not widespread) "voter fraud" organization in U.S. history. Is he referring to Protect Democracy and "The Transition Integrity Project?" "The Transition Integrity Project" was a series of war gaming scenarios conducted prior to the 2020 election purportedly to counter "unfounded allegations" of voter fraud.
The "debunking" by Politifact doesn't even mention Protect Democracy or "The Transition Integrity Project." However, this does appear to be the "systems" put in place to "help people who have trouble voting." I'm assuming that these "systems" include ballot harvesting for shut-ins or other "systems" for stealing ballots. Dead people and mentally incompetent people are likely included in the category of "people who have trouble voting." It's not voter fraud though.
From Politifact - "When Biden used the phrase “voter fraud organization,” he was referring to the systems (like ballot harvesting) put into place to help people who have trouble voting. He wasn’t admitting to voter fraud.
Fox News wrote about the video clip on Oct. 25, referring to it as a “misspoken claim” and reporting, “Biden may have been referring to his campaign’s massive ‘election protection program,’ which includes former Attorney General Eric Holder and hundreds of other lawyers in preparation for a legal battle in the event of a contested election.”
We reached out to Biden’s campaign for comment on the social media posts, and received this statement from press secretary TJ Ducklo: “The President of the United States has already demonstrated he’s willing to lie and manipulate our country’s democratic process to help himself politically, which is why we have assembled the most robust and sophisticated team in presidential campaign history to confront voter suppression and fight voter fraud however it may present itself. The American people will decide the outcome of this election on November 3rd through a free and fair election, as they always have.”"
