Commentary: In Trumpworld, dogs who commit voter fraud aren't as bad as immigrants

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Set us as preferred When federal prosecutors charged 28 California immigrants with illegally registering to vote, they invited friendly media outlets to document the early morning arrest of one suspect.At a news conference in Los Angeles this week, First Assistant U.S.

Atty.Bill Essayli intoned that the defendants’ alleged crimes proved President Trump’s long-held conspiracy theory that voter fraud threatens democracy and that noncitizens are voting by the boatload.

Mug shots of the accused — lawful permanent residents, some of whom said they didn’t recall registering to vote — were displayed as if they were part of a Mafia-like conspiracy.It all felt staged for maximum humiliation.So what happened to a Costa Mesa woman who registered her dog to vote and attempted to cast ballots for it in two elections? There was no perp walk for Laura Lee Yourex, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.No melodramatic news conference from Orange County Dist.

Atty.Todd Spitzer.

Nah, Spitzer dismissed Yourex’s case after she paid $1,500 for four electronic billboards along the 22 and 55 freeways.They feature a photo of her late boxer Maya Jean sporting an “I Voted” sticker alongside a warning — “Don’t be a dog.

Voter Fraud is a Crime” — and the district attorney’s election fraud hotline number.Yourex’s attorney has said she was trying to expose flaws in the state’s voter registration system by showing that even a dog could cast a ballot, a gimmick for which Spitzer had little sympathy.

California Federal authorities charge 28 people in California with alleged illegal voter registration or voting, escalating the Trump administration’s fight with state election officials.He’s usually the modern-day equivalent of a hanging judge, the type of hard ass who wants his prosecutors to not only throw the book at d...