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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,646 posts)
Mon May 25, 2020, 02:47 PM May 2020

Mail-in Voting Triggers an Unhinged Trump Rant

Seemingly terrified of losing his reelection bid at least in part due to mail-in voting, President Trump continued to be dishonest about the process’s legitimacy in a tweet so packed with lies it’s surprising he was able to fit them all within the character count.

Trump’s Sunday morning factless tweet began with a proclamation: “The United States cannot have all Mail-In Ballots.” What followed was a greatest hits list of falsehoods, conspiracy theories, doctoring of documents and physical intimidation, all topped with something seemingly straight from a QAnon forum: “Trying to use Covid for this Scam!”

“The United States cannot have all Mail-In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history,” Trump wrote. “People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and ‘force’ people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!”


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Then late Sunday night, Trump went back to this original tweet and quote tweeted himself to let everyone know that his earlier convoluted message was actually easy to understand, writing, “The Democrats are trying to Rig the 2020 Election, plain and simple!”


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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mail-in-voting-triggers-unhinged-trump-rant-1004756/

How does the diaper Don vote? By mail.
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Salviati

(6,008 posts)
2. Are these the paranoid hallucinations that taking hydroxychloroquine can give you?
Mon May 25, 2020, 02:53 PM
May 2020

Or is it just the neurosyphilis?

Bleacher Creature

(11,249 posts)
6. He knows he's going to lose and is laying the groundwork to dispute the results.
Mon May 25, 2020, 03:06 PM
May 2020

It's not going to work, but that's clearly what he's doing.

42bambi

(1,753 posts)
8. Many in the military vote by mail, as do many seniors. You would think
Mon May 25, 2020, 03:11 PM
May 2020

Trump would have the decency to not subject them to his paranoid fits of distrust.

pandr32

(11,540 posts)
13. Electronic machines are easy to hack
Mon May 25, 2020, 04:07 PM
May 2020

Not to mention many companies that produce and supply them are Republican-leaning. Didn't Ivanka get a trademark on some from China?

AC_Mem

(1,979 posts)
14. So - he wants to stop mail in voting
Mon May 25, 2020, 04:10 PM
May 2020

and close down the majority of voting locations.

They are running out of ways to try to block people from voting and are getting desperate.

I have voted by mail for over 10 years. it is safe, practical and I am able to actually track my vote to ENSURE that is is counted correctly. Because of this, I also am able to vote in all of the local elections - which is also very very important.

There are several confirmations - you have to put your identification in there, complete many questions, and then when you seal your ballot, you have to sign across the seal, showing that it was signed after it was sealed shut. an extra level of confirmation that it was not tampered with.

Within a week you can go to the website and track your vote. It will show when it was received and your voting decision (to make sure that it was not tampered with). I feel more secure doing it this way then with the voting machines that are owned and operated by the GOP and now the T__p crime family.

if you have the option - I recommend you sign up for it.

/ac

keithbvadu2

(36,619 posts)
16. White House just lied about why Trump didn't vote in person He was in Florida when they voted.
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:14 PM
May 2020

White House just lied about why Trump didn't vote in person

He was in Florida when they voted.

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-lie-absentee-ballot-florida-primary-golf-kayleigh-mcenany-white-house/

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