Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-01-30-pt1-PgS466_t0

Failing that, they spent 8 years trying to obstruct, sabotage, and discredit everything President Obama tried to do. During much of that time, Donald Trump carried on an utterly false campaign accusing President Obama of lying about his birthplace. Two days later and without citing any evidence--because no evidence exists--President Trump resurrected his false claim that that he lost the popular vote because 3 to 5 million ``illegal immigrants'' voted. Mr. Spicer echoed this same claim, citing unnamed ``studies.'' This, of course, is patently false and absurd, but one can assume that it will be repeated by Republicans to justify more onerous, discriminatory voter suppression voting requirements which have been a crusade of theirs, particularly in areas with large minority populations that traditionally vote Democratic.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK LEAHY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
Date
2017-01-30
Speech ID
CREC-2017-01-30-pt1-PgS466_t0
Paragraph
#0
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