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Commerce Department: 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election

Independent Journal Review and The Epoch Times describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Commerce Department: 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election.
The headline split PJ Media frames it as "Commerce Department: 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election". The Epoch Times frames it as "Census Bureau Analysis Identified 24,000 Non-Citizen Voters in 2020 Election: Trump".
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Right / center-rightCommerce Department: 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election

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PJ MediaNews report · Aug 19, 12:25 AM

Commerce Department: 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election

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Independent Journal ReviewNews report · Aug 19, 2:36 AM

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The Epoch TimesAnalysis · Aug 19, 12:56 AM

Census Bureau Analysis Identified 24,000 Non-Citizen Voters in 2020 Election: Trump

'That is just the beginning,' Commerce Sec Lutnick posted to X. 'More than 32 million more voters’ records will be analyzed in the coming weeks.'

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