Donald Trump has been angrily stomping his feet over voting by mail — even though he votes by mail — and instead of lashing out at all the states that allow absentee voting, Trump has been very selective. On Wednesday morning, Trump threatened to withhold funding for two states amid the pandemic. All because of voting by mail. He hasn’t mentioned anything about the ninety-two thousand dead Americans from COVID-19, of course.
Trump went after Michigan and deleted his initial incorrect tweet, and still somehow got it wrong. Absentee voting is not “illegal,” as the president claims. And in his first tweet, he claimed that the “rogue” Secretary of State mailed out ballots, but that, too, was wrong. The state mailed out applications, as Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson pointed out to the president.
Hi! 👋🏼 I also have a name, it’s Jocelyn Benson. And we sent applications, not ballots. Just like my GOP colleagues in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska and West Virginia. https://t.co/kBsu4nHvOy
— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) May 20, 2020
Trump then sent out a revised tweet.
Michigan sends absentee ballot applications to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2020
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Benson took to Twitter to correct the president again.
Hi again. Still wrong. Every Michigan registered voter has a right to vote by mail. I have the authority & responsibility to make sure that they know how to exercise this right – just like my GOP colleagues are doing in GA, IA, NE and WV. Also, again, my name is Jocelyn Benson. https://t.co/deZJwbMlT0
— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) May 20, 2020
And, of course, it’s not illegal to vote by mail just because the president doesn’t want people to vote.
This tweet has now been resent to say “applications” were sent to all voters. But it’s still not true that this was done illegally. All Michigan voters are, by state law, entitled to vote by mail. Applications are sent out all the time, including before the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/cbhKY3pr4L
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) May 20, 2020
Trump is terrified of strong, independent women, so I’m sure he won’t take being corrected by one twice very well. The president also went after Nevada with a similar quid pro quo sounding tweet. Trump is, in essence, trying to rig the upcoming presidential election, but Benson wasn’t having it.
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