US President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that if the US used mail-in ballots for the November 2020 election, it would be « the most rigged election in…
During a Coronavirus Task Force press conference at the White House on Thursday, Trump took aim at mail-in ballots, saying if they are used on a wide scale in the national election on November 3, it would cause immense problems and open the electoral process up for interference and fraud.
« Stupid people don’t know it, » he later added. “Our country will be a laughing stock all over the world… We’re asking for a lot of trouble. »
Trump’s comments came in response to a question about comments he made on Twitter earlier in the day that suggested the election might be postponed as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We want to have an election. I’d love to see voter ID but this is the opposite of voter ID, » Trump continued.
