FOUR YEARS AGO: Trump Said Mail-in Voting Is Corrupt Except When He Uses It

Our great writer, Red Painter penned this article on 04/08/2020.

Donald Trump really does not like people voting and he made that clear at Tuesday night's briefing when he was confronted with his own decision to vote by mail. His excuse? He can't make it to Florida to vote. But for the millions of other people, including the 1.3 military that vote by mail, Trump does not approve. Here is the back and forth:

REPORTER: You were highly critical of mail-in voting.

TRUMP: I think mail-in voting is horrible. It's corrupt.

REPORTER: You voted in Florida's election last month?

TRUMP: Sure, I vote by mail.

REPORTER: How do you reconcile that?

TRUMP: Because I'm allowed to. That's called out of state. You know why I voted? Because I happened to be in the White House and I won't be able to go to Florida and vote. But let me just say ...

REPORTER: What is the difference between mailing within state or mailing outside?

TRUMP: ...well there's a big difference between somebody that's out of state and does a ballot and everything's sealed, certified and everything else. You see what you have to do with the certifications. And you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room signing ballots all over the place.

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