He’s stirring up nonsense about voter fraud. He wants voter suppression and doesn’t care about the health of voters.
1. Michigan sent out applications, not ballots.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 20, 2020
2. Republicans in other states did the same.
3. It’s not illegal. It’s not illegal to send out applications or ballots.
4. The RNC chair said Monday she doesn’t have an issue with sending out applications. https://t.co/HvmYyTuCTG
I will summarize: Trump lied.https://t.co/nPX4NXjJoE
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 20, 2020
Republicans can wave goodbye to Michigan. Forget it. Up and down the ballot. R's are thugs ready to harm voters who don't help suppress the vote. https://t.co/uarAU9CdYn
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 20, 2020
Hi again. Still wrong. Every Michigan registered voter has a right to vote by mail. I have the authority & responsibility to make sure that they know how to exercise this right – just like my GOP colleagues are doing in GA, IA, NE and WV. Also, again, my name is Jocelyn Benson. https://t.co/deZJwbMlT0
— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) May 20, 2020
President Trump lashes out at officials in Michigan and Nevada over their moves to make it easier for more voters to cast their ballots by mail ahead of the November election https://t.co/5Uog4dFeKs pic.twitter.com/W9GpKNAEu1
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 20, 2020
This tweet has now been resent to say "applications" were sent to all voters. But it's still not true that this was done illegally. All Michigan voters are, by state law, entitled to vote by mail. Applications are sent out all the time, including before the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/cbhKY3pr4L
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) May 20, 2020
In real life, President Trump tweeted that Michigan's disaster relief depended on branding his opponent's POTENTIAL VOTERS as criminals. https://t.co/wapZIbJJpO
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 20, 2020
1. Michigan sending absentee ballot applications not ballots to voters
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 20, 2020
2. @JocelynBenson one of best Secretaries of State in country & has authorization to do so
3. Threatening to block funding to sway election outcome exactly what Trump impeached for https://t.co/okDRAgc6uV
Just wanted to thank Senate Republicans for pre-approving all of the authoritarianism. https://t.co/fZxnNMvf8z
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 20, 2020
Correction: @MichSoS @JocelynBenson is in compliance with all laws. Michigan voters approved no-excuse absentee voting in November. She is the elected official in charge of elections, and she is sending applications, not ballots, to all voters. https://t.co/uXsJBv0nAd
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) May 20, 2020
On Trump's corrupt and deranged threat to cut off aid to Michigan:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 20, 2020
* During impeachment, Dems raised this exact scenario
* What he's threatening is illegal
* Trump is a clownish autocrat: House Ds tell me Michigan has already gotten its $$$
New piece:https://t.co/gsV4WJytF1
Threatening to defund one of the most important battleground states and one of your party’s few Senate pickup opportunities because 5D chess https://t.co/kXL3GmIwrJ
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) May 20, 2020
I assume Senate Republicans, defenders of federalism, will hurry to explain Michigan has the right to run its own elections. And as defenders of the rule of law, they'll remind Trump he doesn't get to hold up funding because he doesn't like something a state is doing. https://t.co/tBK9Zd9Qa2
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 20, 2020
In the middle of a pandemic, and during a massive flood in Michigan, @realDonaldTrump wants to cut funding to the state because voters were legally sent applications to vote by mail by a Republican Secretary of State.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 20, 2020
Donald Trump is unfit to be President.#WednesdayWisdom https://t.co/y5cmKCwbxi
In other words, the president has continued to allege illegality even though he has substantially changed the allegation. https://t.co/xTe92gNGqL
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 20, 2020
Sad! 