by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump voted absentee - by mail - in last month's Florida presidential primary. He also voted absentee - by mail - in New York's 2018 general election. Now, in a pure Trumpian burst of hypocrisy, he is threatening to pull federal aid to two states that have announced plans to make it easier to vote by mail.
Nevada is planning on sending ballots to every active registered voter in the state for its June 9th primary. That is an example of mail voting and something that the Republican Party generally opposes because they feel that it increases the number of Democratic votes as more poor people and people of color are apt to cast ballots if the process is brought to them.
Yesterday Trump threatened to withhold Nevada's federal funding as a result of this move to vote by mail. He cited his concern that it would lead to voter fraud. So far there has been no evidence of any widespread voter fraud as a result of voting by mail in America - by either party.
Whoops.
(North Carolina's 9th congressional district did have its 2018 congressional election invalidated because of absentee ballots being "harvested" by unscrupulous persons who were thought to have destroyed and/or changed votes for the benefit of the Republican candidate. Whoops, again.)
Trump is also now threatening to withhold federal funding from Michigan for what he regards as a scheme to vote by mail. Unlike Nevada, Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson of Michigan is not sending ballots to every voter. She is sending absentee ballot applications to every voter in the state, and those who choose to can then apply for an absentee ballot and vote that ballot by mail - exactly like Donald John Trump did in Florida and New York. Benson pointed out in a tweet to Trump this morning that her plan is exactly like the ones enacted by Republican officials in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska, and West Virginia.
Whoops, a third time.
Michigan resident, Ronna Romney McDaniel, the current Republican National Chairwoman, said that she has no problem with sending all state residents an application to vote absentee.
Apparently the only one with a problem is Donald John Trump - and he is not even a resident of the state. Perhaps his erratic behavior is a result of the hydroxychloroquine kicking in!
Or maybe it's just the adderall.
Regardless, voting is a state matter - and Donald Trump needs to keep his big, bulbous, highly abused nose out of it!
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump voted absentee - by mail - in last month's Florida presidential primary. He also voted absentee - by mail - in New York's 2018 general election. Now, in a pure Trumpian burst of hypocrisy, he is threatening to pull federal aid to two states that have announced plans to make it easier to vote by mail.
Nevada is planning on sending ballots to every active registered voter in the state for its June 9th primary. That is an example of mail voting and something that the Republican Party generally opposes because they feel that it increases the number of Democratic votes as more poor people and people of color are apt to cast ballots if the process is brought to them.
Yesterday Trump threatened to withhold Nevada's federal funding as a result of this move to vote by mail. He cited his concern that it would lead to voter fraud. So far there has been no evidence of any widespread voter fraud as a result of voting by mail in America - by either party.
Whoops.
(North Carolina's 9th congressional district did have its 2018 congressional election invalidated because of absentee ballots being "harvested" by unscrupulous persons who were thought to have destroyed and/or changed votes for the benefit of the Republican candidate. Whoops, again.)
Trump is also now threatening to withhold federal funding from Michigan for what he regards as a scheme to vote by mail. Unlike Nevada, Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson of Michigan is not sending ballots to every voter. She is sending absentee ballot applications to every voter in the state, and those who choose to can then apply for an absentee ballot and vote that ballot by mail - exactly like Donald John Trump did in Florida and New York. Benson pointed out in a tweet to Trump this morning that her plan is exactly like the ones enacted by Republican officials in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska, and West Virginia.
Whoops, a third time.
Michigan resident, Ronna Romney McDaniel, the current Republican National Chairwoman, said that she has no problem with sending all state residents an application to vote absentee.
Apparently the only one with a problem is Donald John Trump - and he is not even a resident of the state. Perhaps his erratic behavior is a result of the hydroxychloroquine kicking in!
Or maybe it's just the adderall.
Regardless, voting is a state matter - and Donald Trump needs to keep his big, bulbous, highly abused nose out of it!
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