Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) explained to the Los Angeles Times she feared recipients would "toss their actual Census envelope because they've already filled this one out"We want everyone to be responding to the actual 2020 Census. There is a real risk of harm here."
Wire reports:
"With billions of dollars in federal funding on the line and a chance that California could lose a seat in Congress based on the Census results, critics worry some residents will fill out the mock Census document and ignore or throw away the real one."
But, of course, it's not just Democratic California or New York.
If enough residents choose to abstain from the census, states' populations risk being under-counted, resulting in fewer congressional seats and less money allocated for infrastructure investments and other public expenditures, like schools, fire departments, police protection, and social services.
This isn't the first time the RNC has perpetrated this fraud.
The last phony forms the RNC produced in 2010 led to Congress passing a law--the "Prevent Deceptive Census Lookalike Mailings Act"--which prohibits non-government groups from sending through U.S. mail solicitations containing the word "census" on the envelope.
Does this mean the RNC is breaking the law?
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the act's sponsor, responded when learning of the recent con:
"Clearly, the RNC has found a way to skirt the law deliberately, making their actions even more reprehensible. These mailings sow confusion at a time when the public needs clarity about the censusputting an accurate count in danger. I am now working to strengthen the language of the Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act so that these dirty political tricks can't be used in the future."
New York Rep. Nita Lowey, added:
"Republicans seem to have a ceaseless imagination when it comes to both fundraising and undermining the accuracy of the census. Soliciting campaign donations under the guise of a census document is fraudulent, predatory, and the latest way Republicans have threatened an accurate census count."
March 2018, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a citizenship question was being added to the Census.
This effort failed after reaching the Supreme Court.
The Republican party has not legitimately won the White House since Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
Even though 2018's mid-term election results were historic, it does not mean the GOP has forgotten how to cheat.
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