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For years now, the GOP has been actively trying to suppress the vote. They've used gerrymandering, voter ID, limiting early voting, purging voter rolls. This is because they've known for a long time that high voter turnout results in more Dems being elected. Trump actually verbalized this recently in call-in to Fox and Friends.
Trump has, without any evidence whatsoever, claimed that if Americans vote by mail, there will be massive chaos and fraud. He has also claimed, without evidence that the USPS is not capable of delivering ballots in a timely manner, so votes won't counted. He's even had the postmaster general begin dismantling post office facilities to prevent timely delivery of the mail. So Trump intends to put a stop to this mail-in voting idea. But he has no intention of stopping there.
If people are convinced they must go to the polls to vote in person, they will. What they meet there will make them turn around and leave without voting.
Trump has suggested he will deploy federal forces to polling places to prevent voter fraud. He has been duly informed that, no he cannot do that. But that was not his intent. He was actually sending a message to the white supremacists throughout the country: "You do it! Show up en mass at predominantly democratic polling places, armed to the teeth,ready to go to war. Scare the hell out of those voters and send them packing!" He is particularly interested in key battleground states. This is where those so called militias can do the most good for Trump. He made that clear this weekend as he cheered on those militias who invaded Portland to confront protesters. He will also cheer them on as they intimidate voters during the voting period.
He will stop at nothing.
" Trump told "Fox & Friends" on Monday morning. "They had things, levels of voting that if you ever agreed to it you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again."
Trump has, without any evidence whatsoever, claimed that if Americans vote by mail, there will be massive chaos and fraud. He has also claimed, without evidence that the USPS is not capable of delivering ballots in a timely manner, so votes won't counted. He's even had the postmaster general begin dismantling post office facilities to prevent timely delivery of the mail. So Trump intends to put a stop to this mail-in voting idea. But he has no intention of stopping there.
If people are convinced they must go to the polls to vote in person, they will. What they meet there will make them turn around and leave without voting.
Trump has suggested he will deploy federal forces to polling places to prevent voter fraud. He has been duly informed that, no he cannot do that. But that was not his intent. He was actually sending a message to the white supremacists throughout the country: "You do it! Show up en mass at predominantly democratic polling places, armed to the teeth,ready to go to war. Scare the hell out of those voters and send them packing!" He is particularly interested in key battleground states. This is where those so called militias can do the most good for Trump. He made that clear this weekend as he cheered on those militias who invaded Portland to confront protesters. He will also cheer them on as they intimidate voters during the voting period.
He will stop at nothing.