Eric Hovde, the Trump-endorsed candidate for Senate in Wisconsin, said people in nursing homes should not be allowed to vote simply because they’re too old and close to death.
In a recent interview on the conservative Guy Benson show, Hovde was asked about Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
“Do I believe the election was stolen? No, but did things happen in that election that were very troublesome? Absolutely,” Hovde responded, according to audio published by the Heartland Signal on Monday.
“And I can point them out right here in Wisconsin.” Hovde said then went on to point out the “100 percent” turnout in nursing homes.
“We had nursing homes—where the sheriff of Racine investigated—where you had 100 percent voting in nursing homes,” he said. “Well, if you’re in a nursing home, you only have a five, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote. And you had children, adult children showing up saying, ‘Who voted for my 85 or 90-year-old father or mother?’”
According to Factcheck.org, the voter turnout in nursing homes in Wisconsin ranged from 42% to 91%. Just one nursing home in the state, in Dane County, had a turnout of 100% and that was because it had just 12 registered voters.
That level of voter participation in nursing facilities is “very normal, nothing alarming,” Milwaukee Election Commission Director Claire Woodall-Vogg said.
Trump endorsed Hovde last week in his bid to unseat incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).
