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Of Fraud Secretary of State Says Her Colleagues Across America Will Uphold Integrity of Election by BRIAN A V26, N6 Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 Sec. Lawson: ‘No evidence’ of fraud Secretary of state says her colleagues across America will uphold integrity of election By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – An edgy America has been warned by its president that the coming elec- tion will be “rigged” and “fraudulent.” U.S. intel- ligence and congressional sources say that nefarious foreign sources are seek- ing a redux of the 2016 in- terference. And there has been widespread media speculation that a winner in the presidential race may not be known for days, or even weeks after the Nov. 3 election. Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson tells Howey Politics Indiana that she has confidence in the process, both in Indiana and nationally. She said in response to written questions from HPI that foreign actors have “scanned” the state’s election systems but likened it to a “burglar rattling doorknobs.” Continued on page 4 Trump & the Big Ten By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – Big Ten football made a stunning comeback on Wednesday. It announced it would revive its postponed season on Oct. 23-24. But the crowds won’t go crazy. The pandemic will “It’s almost a book in itself. This keep stadiums mostly empty. This coincides with the University of Washington’s was a man who was a senator Health Metrics projected spike in COVID infections in Indiana begin- from Indiana. He was offered this ning in late October. If Gov. Eric job from Mike Pence and felt he Holcomb’s mask mandates are discontinued or widely ignored (and could not say no. He went in with there is ample evidence of this these Republican values and was around the state), the projections are for increased deaths and hos- stunned, shocked and in a way pital resource use that will surpass those of late April and early May just ground down.” during what was thought to be the - Bob Woodward, on Dan Coats. Page 2 first wave of the pandemic. MN, WI, Mich, PA, all battleground If there is a clear winner in states.” this beyond the highly ranked Ohio USA Today columnist Chris- State Buckeyes, it is President Trump, tine Brennan observed, “Just as the who called Big Ten Commissioner Big Ten was looking smarter by the Kevin Warren two weeks ago, urging day as COVID-19 outbreaks popped Howey Politics Indiana him to reconsider the decision to post- up at Michigan State, Wisconsin and WWWHowey Media, LLC pone the season until the winter or Maryland while other conferences c/o Business Office spring of 2021. Through the prism of playing football announced COVID- PO Box 6553 Trump’s shaky reelection bid, anything related postponements and soar- resembling a return to normal is to his ing cases, the league’s presidents Kokomo, IN, 46904 advantage. reversed themselves and decided to www.howeypolitics.com Trump tweeted Wednesday steer their schools and their foot- morning: “Great News: BIG TEN ball programs right into the teeth of Brian A. Howey, Publisher FOOTBALL IS BACK. All teams to what are predicted to be some of the Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington participate. Thank you to the play- worst days of the pandemic in Octo- ers, coaches, parents, and all school ber and November.” Mary Lou Howey, Editor representatives. Have a FANTASTIC Nebraska had a 16.3% Susan E. Joiner, Editor SEASON! It is my great honor to have positivity rate. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom helped!!!” Wolf ordered lockdown at Penn State Subscriptions And his campaign manager, University. Illinois has had a COVID Bill Stephien, said, “This is huge news, outbreak of 784 positives; Iowa had HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 not just for college football fans, but more than 1,800 infections. Purdue HPI Weekly, $350 for all Americans looking for key indi- has quarantined 30 student hous- Lisa Hounchell, Account Manager cators that we can reopen our society ing units and IU has quarantined 33 (765) 452-3936 telephone and our economy, and do (765) 452-3973 fax so safely. President Trump [email protected] has been publicly advocat- ing for the Big Ten and Contact HPI other conferences to return [email protected] to the field, directly engag- Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 ing with the conference and Commissioner Warren, Washington: 202.256.5822 and it’s a triumph to see Business Office: 765.452.3936 the unanimous vote of the member schools to begin © 2020, Howey Politics the football schedule next month. Greek houses, with the university Indiana. All rights reserved. Important in their decision were the suggesting those students find alter- vast progress in same-day coronavirus native housing. Photocopying, Internet forward- testing capabilities and improvements Last weekend, the Virginia- ing, faxing or reproducing in any in general public health, proving Virginia Tech game in the ACC was form, whole or part, is a violation that the President’s unprecedented postponed due to a COVID outbreak. of federal law without permission response to a public health crisis is Defending national champion LSU from the publisher. working.” head coach Ed Orgeron said on Tues- ABC News reported the day, “Not all of our players but most White House offered the Big Ten with of our players have caught it. I think Jack E. Howey enough COVID-19 tests for play to that hopefully they won’t catch it editor emeritus begin. The conference chose a private again, and hopefully they’re not out 1926-2019 company. for games.” Polls have shown Trump trail- There have been campus ing in key Big Ten states – Wisconsin, COVID outbreaks at North Carolina, Michigan and Pennsylvania, while he North Carolina State, Texas Tech, and holds a narrow lead in Ohio. Former Alabama. Indiana Republican legislator Mike But not many deaths. Murphy tweeted, “All those liberal Thus, file the Big Ten deci- university presidents may have just sion under the topic of “Learning guaranteed Trump’s reelection. Ohio, to Live with COVID.” As I’ve stated Page 3 before, the virus has impacted less than 1% of the popula- which could kill hundreds of thousands more Americans. tion and has killed just a fraction of those. “Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” he said a week As this pandemic stretches beyond its six-month after audio of his interview with author Bob Woodward re- public threshold, the incongruent spectacle was that the vealed that he understood the gravity of the pandemic, but Colts in the NFL are playing, as are Hoosier high schools, opted not to “panic” the public. while Purdue and IU have been idled. “I actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms IU coach Tom Allen acknowledged the elephant of action. My action was very strong,” Trump said. “It is go- on the table, which is recruiting against the three power ing to disappear. It’s going to go away. Like a herd mental- conferences that decided to forge ahead. “That’s a big ity, it’s going to be herd developed.” concern,” Allen said. “As it stands right now, those three Asked by an undecided Pennsylvania female voter conferences are playing and we’re not.” why he didn’t mandate masks, Trump responded, “There What won’t occur this fall is a return to busi- are a lot of people think that masks are not good.” ness as normal at Bloomington, West Lafayette, East Lan- Town hall moderator George Stephanopolous sing, Madison, Ann Arbor, etc. There will not be stadiums interjected, “Who are those people?” Trump responded, “I’ll filled to the brim. Each lost home game crowd represents tell you who those people are – waiters. They come over a loss of $5 million to $10 million in local revenue. and they serve you, and they have a mask. And I saw it the According to the Big Ten press release, the confer- other day where they were serving me, and they’re playing ence voted to adopt medical and testing protocols when with the mask … I’m not blaming them … I’m just saying making decisions going for- what happens. They’re ward on practice and competi- playing with the mask, tion for the football programs, so the mask is over, and which fund a majority of the they’re touching it, and non-revenue sports that, ap- then they’re touching the parently, will remain sidelined. plate. That can’t be good.” “Everyone associated On the same with the Big Ten should be morning that the Big Ten very proud of the ground- reversed its football deci- breaking steps that are now sion, CDC Director Robert being taken to better protect Redfield told a congres- the health and safety of the sional committee that student-athletes and sur- masks are effective. “We rounding communities,” said Dr. Jim Borchers, head team have clear scientific evidence they work,” Dr. Redfield said. physician at Ohio State. “The data we are going to collect “I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is from testing and the cardiac registry will provide major more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I contributions for all 14 Big Ten institutions as they study take a COVID vaccine, because the immunogenicity may be COVID-19 and attempt to mitigate the spread of the dis- 70% and if I don’t get an immune response, the vaccine’s ease among wider communities.” not going to protect me, this face mask will.” All 14 universities will designate a “chief infection Last weekend, President Trump held rallies officer” who will oversee the collection and reporting of in Nevada and Arizona where masks and social distanc- data for the Big Ten Conference.
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