The denial that is the Trump Administration’s response to their election loss last month continues. As more and more states move to certify their election results, Michigan continued to hold hearings regarding allegations of voter fraud. Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani also visibly struggled to control one witness.
The House Oversight Committee in the Michigan state legislature attempted to question Melissa Carone, a sometime contractor for Dominion Voting Systems. Rather than answer the questions of state officials, Carone attacked them individually, delivered sarcastic answers and even struggled to explain her job duties with Dominion Voting.
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Carone’s star-making moment–her response that caused her to become a viral celebrity–came on Tuesday, as Rep. Steve Johnson, a Republican, tried to pose a question to her.
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“We’re not seeing the poll book off by 30,000 votes,” Johnson noted.
“What’d you guys do, take it and do something crazy to it?” Carone yelled back, incredulous.
“I’m just saying the numbers are not off by 30,000 votes,” Johnson replied.
“I’d say that poll book is off by over 100,000 [votes],” Carone snapped, citing no evidence to support her claim.
The exchange continued, as Carone alleged that the state saw “120 percent” in the election, despite her having no evidence to support the claim. At that point, Guiliani audibly “shushed” Carone, who ignored his prompt. When Johnson noted again that poll book numbers were not off by 30,000 votes, Carone interrupted him, asking “What’d you guys do, take it and do something crazy to it?” She also claimed that the state’s poll books contained “zero registered voters.”
Holy smokes the sequel is even better!
Rudy Giuliani tries to shush her to calm her down and the Republican even tries to reel her in!
She treats this Republican* like he’s a Chick-fil-A employee and the milkshake machine went down.
*corrected pic.twitter.com/CK1HqGpp2d
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) December 3, 2020
Carone went on to claim that she saw poll workers running ballots through machines “thousands of times,” though did not explain how that was possible. Throughout her testimony, Carone’s body seemed oddly loose and wiggly. The Daily Beast also notes that Carone slurred her words, implying that she may have been drunk during the hearing.
It’s important to note that Carone was not under oath during the hearing. She further accused Democrats of conspiring to ruin her life, caused her to lose her job, forced her to move and to delete all her social media accounts. Reporters, however, discovered that her social media accounts are still active.
She had previously attempted to block certification of the election in Wayne County, Michigan last month by submitting a signed affidavit to the courts alleging she’d witnessed voter fraud, and that Dominion Voting Systems had somehow electronically rigged ballots to vote for Joe Biden. A judge in the state found her allegations “simply not credible.”
Cam
Republicans lying, committing fraud and treason to stage a coup because they can’t win democratically anymore.
They are exactly what the framers of the Constitution were afraid of when they put in the checks and balances.
robUK
As a neutral observer, i.e. non-US citizen, it appears from reports that the outgoing administration is using all sorts of dirty tricks to undermine the incoming administration such as not accepting the result, trying to persuade members of electoral colleges to vote differently from the result & changing policies to frustrate to new team. I would expect to see these tricks in Putin’s Russia.
Bob
Republicans?? Lying?? Are you sure?? I’ve never heard of such a thing. They usually stand up for democracy and votes..
NOT!!!!!
Mack
I guess in this day and age you just make up stuff and call it the truth. How can a hearing be feasible and the people testifying are NOT UNDER OATH? Guess Rudy didn’t want that to happen-more charges against them.
1finn
Does she not remind anyone, besides me, of Victoria Jackson, of SNL, and her unhinged rants?
Itsonlythetruth
Spot on with that comparison.
SPEEDOSWIMMER
Cuckoo
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Doug
I don’t think she’s drunk, just regular crazy, like Giuliani.
Openminded
I agree Doug. Not defending her at all but I find it odd how Queerty is so quick to question if someone is drunk anytime they act in a way Queerty apparently doesn’t like. Please report only the facts and let the reader decide what they want to believe. That’s really what this article is all about, someone reporting non factual info.
Cam
@Openminded
Queerty is being kinder than they could be. Saying she could be drunk is nicer than saying she’s unhinged and crazy.
Bob
Looks like a new date for Rudy!!!
Prax07
She acts and sounds hammered. I’d say it’s more likely she’s had a few before entering to steel up her nerves about lying.
Jack
Is this an SNL skit starring Victoria Jackson? The best part is that she is pissing of the REPUBLICAN. It’s next level metnal illness
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
She sounds like the perfect host for an evening Fox News show. If you think that was stupid try watching Jeanine Pirro for two or three minutes and see what I mean. She might even be better than Jeanine.
WillParkinson
These constant lies should end up with them in jail.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Even with a presidential pardon they are still not immune from going to jail. If ordered to do so they WILL testify before congress and and WILL tell all they know or wish they had. They know that when they accepted that pardon what they would be giving up also was their right to invoke the 5th amendment under oath regarding crimes and in this case it would be espionage. There is an article over on the Washingotnpost.com explaining that a presidential pardon does not free one from all crimes, especially when it involves espionage and that is clearly why Giuliani and company know they MUST get this election overturned or else.
cuteguy
She looks so wasted. She prob got wasted with Guiliani the night before while he had his hand down his pants to “fix his shirt”. Donald Chump should be ashamed but he accomplished what he set out to do. Citing voter fraud with absolutely no proof just as long as he raised millions for his defense fund.