Despite voting via absentee ballot himself, Trump has referred to the process as “corrupt.”
as a safe solution to casting their ballots during the pandemic. Though Trump claims Michigan’s actions are “illegal” and “without authorization,” he cites no specific law as he furthers the partisan divide over whether mail-in voting should continue to be allowed at all, coronavirus or not.Primaries and the General Election
,” Trump tweeted in a"breaking news" post. “This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!” It is unclear what funding Trump is referring to. And, in a reply to his tweet, he tagged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, Office of Budget and Management Director Russ Vought, and the U.S. Treasury.
“We sent applications, not ballots,” she wrote including Trump’s original tweet. “Just like my GOP colleagues in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska, and West Virginia.” In her tweet, Benson also pointed out the fact that the"rogue" Secretary of State Trump referred to was unnamed — a move theHi! 👋🏼 I also have a name, it’s Jocelyn Benson. And we sent applications, not ballots. Just like my GOP colleagues in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska and West Virginia.
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