Thread by @blmohr

Oh. Well look at that. Real voter fraud. And in Texas.

“A Texas mayor has been arrested on charges of trying to rig his own 2017 election victory. His wife was arrested on similar charges. nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/…

“Nearly 20 people have been arrested in connection with the fraud case. Prosecutors said the scheme...was largely carried out by having voters who did not live in Edinburg claim they were residents, including many who stated they lived in an apartment complex Mr. Molina owns.”

@jennycohn1 This area down down in TX appears to be a hotbed of voter fraud.

"Molina & his wife were both registered as volunteer voter registrars in the 2017 election and were authorized to help people fill out voter registration applications. Several of those with false addresses were signed by Mr. Molina and included his voter registrar number."

A former police officer
"In that election, Molina, a former police officer, pulled off an upset victory by defeating the incumbent mayor, Richard Garcia, who had been mayor for 11 years and had been running for re-election."

U starting to see the pattern here?
"And it has been said for years that President Lyndon B. Johnson captured his Senate seat through fraud by overcoming a 20,000-vote deficit to achieve his famous 87-vote victory in the 1948 Democratic runoff primary against a former governor."