Photograph by Reuters
It is claimed that Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, has been registered to vote as a woman for 8 years now. Kushner's gender has been listed as "female" in the records held by the New York State Board of Elections.
Although Kushner says that his team had sent in the form with the mistake on it, it is still unclear how this mistake was made, but most believe that the mistake is unlikely to be a case of voter fraud due to his political involvement.
The latest news surrounding Jared and his wife Ivanka is their use of a private email server to carry out any official White House Business. This has been a topic of controversy because during the 2016 elections, Hillary Clinton was under fire for using a private email server and now Democrats are calling them out as hypocrites.
I honestly don't think that Jared Kushner purposely registered to vote as a woman, although it is confusing since he states he has a "team" to help work on his forms, so this should've technically decreased the chance of a mistake like this happening, but I can't think of anything that Kushner would have to gain by purposely making this mistake.
What do you guys think? Is this simply a mistake made on Kushner's side? Additionally, what are your thoughts on Trump's administration using a private email server? Should this be allowed?
3 comments:
I'm not sure about Kushner's gender accident, and I couldn't care less what he puts on his forms. But I do think that any government official should not be using private emails in order to maintain transparency, which is important to prevent corruption, however unlikely that is.
I have to agree with Max in saying that I really am not affected by the gender Kushner wishes to vote as. Regardless of my political views, I can unbiasedly say that there have been many aspects of the lives of those associated with the Trump administration that have been picked apart, much of which is "fluff" and not really important. The comment about using a private email server, however, is incredibly important. Julia is right to point out the comparison between the private Clinton emails and these claims. No one in office should be trying to hide anything of the sort, for as Max mentioned, this is an important part of preventing corruption and is needed for aspects of reliability and trust.
I agree with the comments above. Jared Kushner's decision/mistake to register to vote as a woman does not affect me, but the White House should not be using private email servers. During the campaign, Trump claimed that he would put Hillary Clinton in jail for using a private email server since it is extremely deceptive. Now, Trump is being a hypocrite as he uses a private email server, and he probably doesn't think what he is doing is wrong despite what he claimed about Hillary's use of private servers.
Post a Comment