FILE - In this June 23, 2020, file photo voting stations are set up in the South Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center for voters to cast their ballot in the Kentucky primary in Louisville, Ky. Just over four months before Election Day, President Donald Trump is escalating his efforts to delegitimize the upcoming presidential election. Last week he made a startling, and unfounded, claim that 2020 will be “the most corrupt election in the history of our country.
Just over four months before Election Day, the president is escalating his efforts to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote.It’s a well-worn tactic for Trump, who in 2016 went after the very process that ultimately put him in the White House. He first attacked the Republican primaries and then the general election, when he accused the media and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign of conspiring against him to undermine a free and fair election.
This year, Trump has seized on efforts across the country to expand the ability of people to vote by mail. It’s a movement that was spurred by the coronavirus, which has infected more than 2.4 million people in the U.S. and killed more than 125,000 nationwide. The virus is highly contagious and especially dangerous for older people, who typically vote in higher numbers and have been advised by federal health authorities to limit their interactions with others.
“What I do think is very realistic is a replay of 2000,” he said, referring to the legal saga in which the Supreme Court stepped in to resolve a dispute over which candidate had won Florida. Republican George W. Bush’s ultimate win in the state gave him a general election victory over Democrat Al Gore.
Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns over the virus, with 6 in 10 now saying they would support their state allowing people to vote by mail-in ballot without requiring a reason, according to. Democrats are far more likely to support it than Republicans, a partisan split that has emerged since 2018, suggesting Trump’s public campaign may be resonating with his GOP backers.
Quadruple eye roll!
SethAbramson He is simply setting the path to declare his loss a result of massive voter fraud. Hence he orders the William Barr to investigate state by state election results. The RNC and its operatives shall file multiple lawsuits challenging the results. As will Trump n GOP losing senators
Why is it always democrats that get arrested for voter fraud? If there was one obligation / privilege that Americans have, worth risking their lives for, it’s voting. Walk into that polling station and cast your ballots!
When I vote against this admin, it is because I consider them not only incompetent but dangerous. It is my belief and I will vote legally.
I thought the AP was supposed to be unbiased. Leaning a little to the left I see.
Since when does AP report opinions?
Lmao. You bunch of jerks.
It's pretty obvious you guys are playing dirty. Trump will win. The fate of our nation depends on it. To be honest the threat of leftist violence is high in either outcome. Orange man wins, they riot. Dems win and drop all notions of being progressive, they riot.
Wait. Who spent 2017-20 trying to delegitimize the 2016 elections? If there is a Pulitzer for gaslighting I would like to nominate this tweet...
headlines are getting more and more desperate as we get closer to November
_Politics Joe Biden in an interview declared confidence that if he tried to undermine the election the military will do its job and escort him out. The military brass will be glad to evict him and have a military parade. One autocrat cannot end America. That is what he wants.
_Politics VOTE!!!
_Politics Con man's gonna con.
How is that a headline from the AP. Wtf?
Move forward people vote him out. Vote blue for the senate and the House of Representatives. Let us vote for our values.
AP, what a disgrace. When Trump wins in November and half the country refuses to acknowledge it what tripe will you write then?
As the Democrats did after the election!
Editorializing much? So much for reliable unbiased news sources.
The only thing deligitimate is the dumpster masquerading as a president.
The press has done this for the past 4 years. It’s the left that has done this not Trump.
Well worn This is 2nd time running for office! 🤣
SethAbramson Trump is losomg and getting dragged out in Jan by your feet
AP distorts, it no longer reports
SethAbramson RemoveTrumpNow
By the time I stop un-following all the bias news, I won’t have any news left. Will someone please guide me to news that just reports without the bias spin?
SethAbramson PutinsChaos XisGlee DumpTrump TRE45ON
SethAbramson That’s what fascists and dictators do. Trump hates the Constitution. Don’t let him destroy it.
Guys remember! AP news is FakeNews this is all pre-recorded video and images of Trump. They're trying to cover up that he died of a hydroxychloroquine over dose ripdonaldtrump riptrump RIPtrump2020
SethAbramson He’s doing more damage to America with that more than Putin has ever done. Who needs enemies when we have Donald Trump as our Pres?
Then withdraw
gut this fish Send a message to repressive and elitists leaders by charging Trump with CrimesAgainstHumanity
SethAbramson If the polls remain as bad as they are now (please, God) I can see him resigning at the last minute because 'the election will be rigged,' and saying 'I would have won in a landslide if the election weren't rigged.'
SethAbramson PUTIN PUT HIM THERE NOT AMERICANS CLEARLY SHOWN VERIFIED REMBER THAT
SethAbramson Meanwhile this is the same Associated Press that spent over two and a half years trying to delegitimize the 2016 election.
And no mention of the Democrats that have been undoing it ever since, like eliminating the Electoral College, DC Statehood, vote harvesting, pushing for mail-in ballots absent of absentee status. Give me a break. Shame on you AP.
Demand voter ID
Biased much!
WRONG!
He’s an asshole
More propaganda by AP full court press to get drumpf out!
Biden won’t be doing debates because the MSM knows to keep him hidden. Just a matter of time for the MSM to come up with “reasons.”
DONT LET THE DOTARD WIN🙏 VOTE! VOTE!! VOTE!!!
TrumpDerangementSyndrome FakeNews
Funniest thing ever written. Hillary and Co. still haven’t accept the election results and continue to undermine the US vote.
I’ve been praying corona gets him before November. Please corona please. I’ll be so damn thankful.
What biased reporting. You all dont even try to hide it anymore.
As if Democrats have not been trying to delegitimize elections for years. Stacey Abrams still thinks she’s governor of Georgia.
Again. Fake news. That’s why most stopped watching it.
Once again, is spreading more leftistpropaganda ,there was a time when you people had some integrity, but I guess it’s all gone now APisFakeNews FakeNewsMedia FakeNews MSMIsTheEnemyOfThePeople FakeNewsMediaPlatforms VoterFraud
TrumpLandslideVictory2020 We look forward to shreiks and wailing....again.
Questioning the legitimacy of mass vote-by-mail (where dead people get ballots in the mail) and delegitimizing the election are not the same. Do better, .
Come on
Trump votes by mail, so everyone can vote by mail!
More propaganda by the Democrats promoted by their propagandist AP
“...the bulletproof evidence of fraud adds up, they still claim, “There’s nothing to see here.” Not even these hard numbers, based on verified vote-fraud cases, move their acceptance of this reality into the realm of positive integers.”
Yeah. Remember when he tried to accuse the Obama administration of spying on his campaign. Yep, Trump is the problem.
You obviously don’t know how elections work if you think voting or not voting is how he got into office.
wow the amount of Russian Trolls replying to this post are so crazy I lost count. Only a fool would believe a single thing Dear Leader says now. and the only thing that people should believe is that he is a White supremacist, a Traitor and only looking out for himself
Liberal media is in full desperation mode today .....
Written with inflammatory words such as 'escalating' and 'delegitimize' and 'well worn tactic for Trump' and 'criticizing.' Do all you dumb blockheads sheep see it yet? Of course you don't. Do as your told and get in line. Twitter is its usual cesspool of anti-Trumpism today.
Mail in ballots will be used fraudulently by Dems.
You do know that the Democrats have spent almost four years attempting to overthrow the 2016 election, right? You do know that, right?
AP is not even hiding its bias anymore
Lol sidechick77
🥱He is over playing this 'victim' thing. The poor little reality show host president. 🤮
What happens in Jersey stays in Jersey.
Good God, the left.. who STILL haven’t accepted the 2016 election (even with Hillary prompting America to do so) are complaining about this? Liberalism is a disease and is Fakenews
Absurd! Democrats have spent all this time first trying to negate the results of 2016 and then trying to remove him. All Propaganda (AP).
Which is why Mitch McConnell was so adamant in getting a judge that is strict on voter ID and suppression. He’s going to challenge the outcome and hope that his right wing stacked court agrees
Fake news!, the president is actually trying to ensure a fair election. The dems are just pissed that they lost the last election even after cheating to rig it.
Don’t worry. Obama reassured us all in 2016 that this wasn’t possible. So we’re all good.
This is an opinion piece. this is not news. What happened to the basic principles of journalism?
the AP is to only tell the news with no commentary and I believe this is an opinion …. the AP is no longer a news center worthy of integrity
Joe Biden has continually claimed realDonaldTrump is trying to steal the election. How is that anything less than delegitimization of the election process? Give us a break.
VoteByMail fraud didn't put him in the White House, you insufferable tool.
Says the people who have tried to nullify the results of the 2016 election for the last 3 years. If the media couldn’t gas light, you wouldn’t have anything to do.
so is trying to mail in voting the Democrats want so report on that you asses
Democrats have been caught cheating all over the country. They cant win legally so they commit fraud
Ok, so y’all don’t even give a damn anymore if you seem biased
He’s waiting for the help of Putin and Xi 🤮👎😡
Fake like cnn 🤮🤮🤮
I am not the least bit surprised. Heavy sigh.
He asked China to help him win the 2020 election. Enough said.
You don’t remember recounts were halted when big cities had more votes than people registered to vote?
People gotta get smart and stop falling for the B.S.
“Trump spent 2016 criticizing the process” - people who actually criticized the entire election and whined about how electrical college should be abolished
Better way to put on a mask
Horse-shit! President Trump realDonaldTrump is standing up for clean fair & transparent democratic elections, where American Citizens turn up at the election booths & vote in person (& with identification). Nothing can be fairer than that Only a fraud or cheat would disagree.
There was that tweet in 2012 calling the electoral college a disaster
The Associates Press are escalating their efforts to delegitimize the November election. It’s a well-worn tactic for AP, who spent much of 2016 criticizing the very process that ultimately put Trump in the White House.
Where's the 'opinion' tag at?
Vote by mail is cheat by mail. Very simple.
And dems realize that wasnt enough and moved to fraudulent mail in ballots
He has no plan to fix anything. For a guy 'in' real estate he sure wants to turn a lot of stuff down with no plan to rebuild...
🤣🤣🤣
Can expect any sort of malpractice to retain power.
Wtf ?!? They did that to him lolll y’all are crazy now and so desperate
realDonaldTrump I have full confidence the moro will be voted out TrumpIsATraitor
Voter fraud doesn’t exist you guys.
We the people giving up on the man who IQ is 37!!!
You people are the biggest hypocrites out there. Democrats have spent the past 3 years trying to delegitimize the 2016 election and 2020.
Everyone needs to show up to vote out this bastard and all his enablers. And if he refuses to leave, the military needs to grow a pair and attach some huge battery clips to his ears, and drag his sorry ass out.
We need voter ID to stop Trump from stealing the election
Suburban moms & families, rural America that contributes to the bulk of our volunteer Military force will be hit hard to their core when they learn the Comm in Chief, realDonaldTrump, remained quiet knowing full well Russia paid bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan!
4 state officials was just arrested in new Jersey for voter fraud. I live in New Jersey.
I agree w Trump on one thing - the 2016 election was rigged.
BUUUULLLLSSSHHHIIITTT
'The elections suck: I'm living proof.'
Lol. The Dems cheat every election
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