Governor also backs racial reparations in concept, but questions process; says State will protect historic statues if threatened
By Guy Page
June 29, 2020 – Gov. Phil Scott said at his press conference today he will not veto S348, the bill allowing Secretary of State James Condos to conduct a universal vote-by-mail for the November 3 general election.
Vermont Daily asked: “Secretary Condos said in a recent op-ed that ‘widespread voter fraud, including by-mail, just doesn’t happen.’ Over the weekend the press reported that one-in-five ballots in a New Jersey vote by mail election had fraud were fraudulent. With that news, and the fact that Vermont town clerks don’t have signatures on file to compare with signatures on absentee ballots, have you received S348 yet and if so will you consider a veto?”
“I did receive it on Friday,” Gov. Scott said. “I’m not going to stand it its way. I want to make sure people have the opportunity to vote. They are the experts in the field, and if the Secretary of State says [universal vote by mail will be both safe and fair], we have to take him at his word. He’s the expert in the field. I won’t be standing in its way.”
The governor also indicated he is open to the concept of paying racial reparations, but has questions about how the process would work. Answering a question posed by Steve Merrill by NEKTV, he said, “It really is a question of how do you do that, and who is affected, and who pays, where does it come from? There’s a lot of questions to be answered.”
Vermont Daily also asked Gov. Scott if he would protect Vermont statues threatened by defacing, damaging, and toppling. Both he and Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling said they are not aware of any threats to Vermont statues, although Schirling said “I’m not sure we would share” such information. Scott concluded, “We want to protect our history and our assets in this state, and we will deal with [a threat] if and when it comes.”
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Opinion: Black Lives Matter – during an election year
Google Trends analytics shows a dramatic uptick in BLM during 2016 and 2020 election years.
By Tyler-Joseph Ballard
June 29, 2020 – Over half a century ago, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, much better known as Malcolm X, had some poignant ideas about the nature of American liberalism. He stated, “the white liberal is the worst enemy to America, and the worst enemy to the black man… the white liberals aren’t white people who are for independence, who are moral and ethical in their thinking. They are just a faction of white people that are jockeying for power.”
Web traffic analytics suggest the last two general election years have seen the plight of the African American community targeted by the generally white, liberal media with a proliferation of tragic news stories of systemic racism.
(To read rest of op-ed, click here.)
Photo: These four New Jersey men were charged with voter fraud by the New Jersey Attorney General last week in connection with a May 12 Paterson city vote-by-mail election in which about 1/5th of the total ballots were fraudulent. Photo New Jersey Attorney General’s office.
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Amazing that those two young men were able to walk away. Buckle up. No excuses.
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This guy looks like he was picked out of Centeral Casting to play the part.
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Plus now with hundreds, literally, of Dem NGO’s fighting for them it costs millions in Court filing and attorney fees…
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So true, so true, when are others going wake up!
Put a dome over Burlington.