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Trump, now waging his third White House bid, told attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month that it’s time to “change our thinking” on early and mail-in voting. And in speeches and fundraising emails, he’s touting his campaign’s plans to encourage “ballot harvesting,” the practice of allowing third parties to collect and turn in other voters’ ballots. His party, he said, has “no choice” but to beat “Democrats at their own game.” [that game being the promotion of all of the flexible and legal methods of voting to help increase turnout.]
That’s a stark reversal for a politician who last November issued an all-caps declaration on his Truth Social account alleging, in part, “YOU CAN NEVER HAVE FAIR & FREE ELECTIONS WITH MAIL-IN BALLOTS – NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.”
[Not to mention the messages coming from him and his partisans along the lines of "why bother voting if it's rigged". Apparently, the new thinking within the GOP is that winning elections requires people to be eager to vote, not dissuaded from voting.]
The change in tone and message reflects the view among party strategists that Trump’s relentless and false claims about election fraud in 2020 and the harsh GOP rhetoric about a form of voting used widely in key battleground states, such as Arizona, contributed to the party’s disappointing midterm results. And they fear it could endanger GOP hopes of capturing the White House and other offices next year.
“It’s a Republican-created problem among Republicans,” said Paul Bentz, a GOP pollster in Phoenix.
“The whole narrative associated with voting in person has so thoroughly infiltrated into the Republican Party that it’s going to take a lot to change the view of Republicans at this point,” Stewart said.
See also (I could have posted a dozen more, but this gives the flavor of Trump's extravagant claims and rhetoric of yesteryear):
That’s a stark reversal for a politician who last November issued an all-caps declaration on his Truth Social account alleging, in part, “YOU CAN NEVER HAVE FAIR & FREE ELECTIONS WITH MAIL-IN BALLOTS – NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.”
[Not to mention the messages coming from him and his partisans along the lines of "why bother voting if it's rigged". Apparently, the new thinking within the GOP is that winning elections requires people to be eager to vote, not dissuaded from voting.]
The change in tone and message reflects the view among party strategists that Trump’s relentless and false claims about election fraud in 2020 and the harsh GOP rhetoric about a form of voting used widely in key battleground states, such as Arizona, contributed to the party’s disappointing midterm results. And they fear it could endanger GOP hopes of capturing the White House and other offices next year.
“It’s a Republican-created problem among Republicans,” said Paul Bentz, a GOP pollster in Phoenix.
“The whole narrative associated with voting in person has so thoroughly infiltrated into the Republican Party that it’s going to take a lot to change the view of Republicans at this point,” Stewart said.
See also (I could have posted a dozen more, but this gives the flavor of Trump's extravagant claims and rhetoric of yesteryear):
Republicans warn mail-in voting rhetoric could backfire as Trump modifies stance
From the article. Some in GOP are raising alarms that Trump's attacks could depress turnout In the Trump era, it’s rare to see a GOP leader in Congress publicly disagree with President Trump on an issue of great importance to the president. But that’s what happened this week when Sen. John...
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Trump admits he's refusing to fund the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting
Trump admits he's refusing to fund the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting President Donald Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Thursday morning that he would block additional funding and election assistance for the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting. tulc(is shocked...
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Trump suggests delaying election, warns mail-in ballots to result in ‘INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT’ vote
From the article- Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???' Trump tweeted President Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of delaying November’s general election, in a fiery new warning about the implications of mail-in ballots. In a tweet in which he...
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