Alabama Announces Voter Fraud Investigation After This Viral TV Interview With Jones Supporter
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has announced he is currently investigating potential voter fraud during the state’s recent special election held on December 12.
According to Merrill, the investigation is based upon the comments made by one man at a Doug Jones victory party after the former prosecutor upset GOP standard-bearer, conservative favorite and accused sexual predator Roy Moore.
During a series of man-at-the-party interviews, FOX10 News reporter Kati Weis had the following interaction with an unidentified Jones supporter:
Weis: Why are you excited to see this victory?
Man: Because, we came here all the way from different parts of the country as part of our fellowship, and all of us pitched in to vote and canvas together, and we got our boy elected!
Those comments were quickly seized upon by Moore supporters who began spreading an expansive voter fraud natrative occasionally based on fake news reports published by nominally “satirical” websites.
The interview quickly went viral and apparently prompted hundreds of comments from “concerned citizens” to be registered with Merrill’s office, which announced the investigation yesterday.