Donald Trump Is Already Accusing Democrats of Stealing the Next Election – Mother Jones

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Its only mid-April (yes, I had to check) and President Donald Trump is already accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election out from under [him]. Heres an email Trumps re-election campaign sent out to supporters Friday afternoon:

As with many Trump statements, its a futile and counterproductive exercise to try to debunk it in full, but he (okay, his campaigns digital fundraising staffer) is referring to a push, mainly by Democrats, to expand absentee voting access before the fall. In case you havent heard, theres a global pandemic thats shut down life as we know it in the United States, and turned the act of in-person-votingor working at a voting precinctinto a life-threatening proposition. Wouldnt it be nice to vote without dying? And some states, such as California, Oregon, and Washington, already make it possible for anyone to cast their vote by mailin fact theyve been doing it a long time with no real issues or fraud. (Incidentally, there was a big case of absentee-ballot fraud in 2018which ended in a do-over election and the indictment of a Republican campaign worker.)

Trumps full of bluster, but lets not lose sight how insane this is. The sitting president is accusing his opponents of trying to steal the election simply because they want to make sure people are able to vote safely in a pandemicand hes doing it just to raise money. At least its going to a good place.

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