Reeling after a weekend campaign rally with lower-than-expected turnout, President Trump changed the subject Monday morning with a series of widely debunked lies about alleged voter fraud in US elections, stoking fears of a "rigged election" this November. cnn.com/2020/06/22/pol…
Trump claimed "mail-In Ballots will lead to a RIGGED ELECTION." He also claimed "MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES." He claimed without proof that his political opponents were "using Covid in order to cheat" in the election. cnn.com/2020/06/22/pol…
Trump is lying about voter fraud. CNN has repeatedly debunked these comments, and his primary allegation -- that voting-by-mail leads to "massive fraud" -- is completely untrue. There is no widespread in US elections, regardless of the voting method. cnn.com/2020/06/22/pol…
As the coronavirus spread this spring, Democratic AND Republican officials across the country expanded postal voting as a pandemic-safe option. (And then they touted the record turnout.) This was endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. cnn.com/2020/06/22/pol…
On Trump's new angle of foreign countries hijacking mail-in voting to meddle in the US election...... here's some necessary context: Trump and his campaign openly welcomed Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to the Mueller report. cnn.com/2020/06/22/pol…
Final note: Numerous polls found that a large majority of Americans support expanding access to mail-in voting this year. Just last week, a Quinnipiac poll found that 59% of voters think all eligible voters in the US should be allowed to vote by mail. cnn.com/2020/06/22/pol…
