Trump promised Monday to work to end mail-in voting and said work is already underway on an executive order to ban it before the 2026 midterm elections, although the Constitution does not give him this power.
“We, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots,” he said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We’re going to start with an executive order that’s being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots.”
I feel like this is shooting themselves in the foot a bit. During covid, maybe you could argue Dems were more likely to mail in vote due to there being a pandemic, but now? It’s old people doing most of the mail-in votes. Old people are more likely to be Republicans.
That’s not the point. He’s sowing the seeds of doubt in the legimacy of the next election. MAGAts will be shouting, “I saw on the TV they was countin’ mail in ballots! Trump made that illegal! They’re stealing the election again!”