Photo: Getty Images It’s been a big week for the questions “Can Trump do that?” and “Will he actually follow through?” First was his threat by tweet of delaying the election, one of his most brazen authoritarian attempts yet, and thankfully, one of his least realistic, as only Congress can call for such a suspension.
At the White House task force coronavirus press conference on Monday, those two queries again applied to President Trump’s increasingly obvious strategy to delegitimize the mail-in ballot this November. In response to a question from a reporter from the far-right OAN network regarding the vast expansion of voting by mail due to the pandemic, Trump said that he is considering stopping any further efforts to make mail-in voting easier, claiming: “I have the right to do it.
The president, who spent the decade prior to his entry into politics in reality TV, is prone to such cliffhanger pronouncements. But even if he did follow through with such a bold order, it would immediately be challenged in the courts by voting rights advocates — who would properly detail the minuscule threat of mail-in ballot fraud.
As New York’s Ed Kilgore has noted, the president is engaging in a two-pronged strategy to demonize voting by mail, by which he is encouraging Republican voters to brave the pandemic and vote in-person while drumming up the potential for fraudulent mail-in ballots — while slowing the ability of the USPS to deliver mail in a timely manner.
karolcummins Uncle Ranty is really coming apart at the seams!
karolcummins Narrator: He doesn't.
What if we bring forth a country' troop, whose relationships have been badly damaged by the Democrats? It will observe the mail during the election process; instead of the US army; b/c, we all know the US army is more opt to listen to the deep state rather than us? Fair is fair.
'They told me I can do it' assertion?
No, no Trump has no such right. The states administer elections. If a state decides to select electors by throwing popsicle sticks in a hat, Trump cant stop them. Constitution says when, states say how. Vote by mail just like Trump does. VoteByMailEarly
This distraction game Trump plays is getting old.
he's still going to end up being unaware of the concept of inalienable rights. as so many americans are going to make mincemeat out of this fool come election day! if virus is present, if a dragon is present, even if the pac man is present! this dude's toast, burnt toast, period!
He also said he would prove that voter fraud kept him from winning the popular vote in 2016, that he would build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, that he would block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, etc. He says he’ll do a lot of shit he doesn’t have the power to do.
Trump can insist that the MAGAs vote in-person because once they've voted, he doesn't need them anymore. If they die, they die. What's it to him?
When will the call the NY mail in ballot that happened a month ago?
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