Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor is claiming that Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) owes his state money after law enforcement officials in Pennsylvania uncovered isolated instances of voter fraud in recent weeks.
"Recap: Texas sued PA claiming mass voter fraud to SCOTUS," Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) tweeted on Wednesday. "Sure, TX got demolished, but my dude LG Dan Patrick put out a handsome reward for voter fraud. We delivered. He owes us $3M, Pennsylvania. That’s *a lot* of Shmuffins + Sizlis, folks."
A week after the Nov. 3 election, Patrick offered up to $1 million to anyone who could provide proof of voter fraud anywhere around the country.
“I support President Trump Donald TrumpGeorgia Senate candidate Ossoff backs Trump's call for K checks White House wishes Birx well after she announces retirement Pelosi responds to Trump: Let's push for K checks 'this week' MORE’s efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure that every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is disqualified,” Patrick said in a statement at the time. “President Trump’s pursuit of voter fraud is not only essential to determine the outcome of this election, it is essential to maintain our democracy and restore faith in future elections.”
Recap: Texas sued PA claiming mass voter fraud to SCOTUS.
Sure, TX got demolished, but my dude LG Dan Patrick put out a handsome reward for voter fraud.
That’s *a lot* of Shmuffins + Sizlis, folks.https://t.co/H6Ts3UNTEe — John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) December 23, 2020
State officials in Pennsylvania have in recent weeks uncovered at least three instances of voter fraud, two of which involved cases of citizens casting multiple ballots for President Trump.
In a statement to the Houston Chronicle, a spokesperson for Patrick responded to Fetterman's tweets, saying: “It is not clear why Lt. Gov. Fetterman continues on this topic since Democrats don’t believe in voter fraud, unless it's Russia."
Trump and his allies have alleged that widespread voter fraud led to a "rigged" election against him. Judges have dismissed several lawsuits in key battleground states, including Pennsylvania, brought forth by the Trump campaign contesting the election's result.
Pennsylvania was also on a list of battleground states Texas sued earlier this month for what it alleged was a failure to abide by the Constitution as it relates to holding free and fair elections. The Supreme Court rejected that case on Dec. 11.
TrumpsBoneSpur on December 24th, 2020 at 03:50 UTC »
Damn, I wish they would follow through on this and make these con men pay
MyLadyBits on December 24th, 2020 at 03:48 UTC »
Pennsylvania should sue Lt Gov. Patrick for reward plus attorney cost.
tinker_toys on December 24th, 2020 at 03:29 UTC »
tl;dr: Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick offers a reward up to $1 million for info and tips about cases of voter fraud from anywhere in the country. Pennsylvania discovers 3 cases, 2 of which were fraudulent votes for Trump. PA Lt. Gov John Fetterman trolls TX asking for the money, but TX says, "no, not like that! We only care about fraud that hurts our boy!"
Background: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dan-patrick-texas-lt-governor-1-million-reward-voter-fraud-evidence/
Then, PA discovers a small handful of voter fraud, including a dude who cast a ballot for Trump in the name of his dead mother. Fetterman masterfully trolls Patrick, attempting to claim the reward for the PA state government...or himself, who knows. Patrick, suddenly, doesn't want to pay up! What a shocker!
Fetterman, who in his official photograph looks like a man whose money you should NOT fuck around with, had this to say: "Also, if I’m forced to sue my colleague to claim my handsome reward, my case is exponentially stronger than that pile of hot garbage lawsuit TX tried with SCOTUS."
Edit: to clarify, Patrick established a $1M fund from his own campaign account (yeah, sure he did) and offered a $25k reward per incident leading to a conviction, or whatever. So I guess Fetterman and PA are only entitled to $75k. My theory: