Rep. Cummings: I Refuse to Talk About Voter Fraud Because It Does Not Exist

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BLITZER: "The president claimed 3 to 5 million people voted illegally in the presidential election. You and two of your democratic colleagues on the house oversight committee sent a letter to elected official in all 50 states requesting proof of voter fraud. So far, have any officials responded to your request?" 
CUMMINGS: "Not yet. We just sent those letters out early this morning. This was -- this is something that I've been dealing with for a long time. It just so happened to culminate today. We've got all 50 -- we actually sent out 102 letters to the attorney generals of each state and the person who is in charge of elections for each state. And the district of Columbia. Basically what we're asking them is just tell us about any voter fraud they know of. I expect, wolf, that we are not -- we're going to get information there is zero, or almost zero voter fraud. Now, I'm kind of upset with the media because I've been listening all day. And we've been spending a lot of time, wolf, what this issue with regard to voter fraud. Let's do the flip of that. What we ought to be concerned about is all people who are being denied the right to vote. Those are -- that's where the investigation should go. When I meet with the president, I'm going to urge him, if he's going to do an investigation, he needs to do an investigation as to why it is that African Americans, elderly, hispanics and others are being denied the right to vote as in states like North Carolina. And I'm going to urge him to talk to Speaker Ryan to get him to put on the floor of the house something, legislation sponsored by Jim Clyburn that will restore the voting rights act. As you know it was gutted. And, so, this whole talk about -- I refuse to talk about voter fraud because it does not exist. And we are spending all this time where we've got people who cannot vote."