CNN reports:
After repeatedly seeking to discredit mail-in voting, President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed Florida’s election system is “safe and secure” and encourages Floridians to vote by mail.
This comes days after Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said on a Trump campaign conference call that he had no concerns about mail-in voting in his state.
The President has recently begun laying the groundwork for the doubt and suspicion he could cast on election results if counting mail-in ballots — which are expected to be more widely used as a result of the pandemic — ultimately delays the declaration of a winner.
Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True. Florida’s Voting system has been cleaned up (we defeated Democrats attempts at change), so in Florida I encourage all to request a Ballot & Vote by Mail! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 4, 2020
Translation: your criminal allies in Florida are trying to rig the state for you.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) August 4, 2020
You are just saying this so that you can vote by mail without sounding like a hypocrite. What makes Florida any different than any other state with the exact same system?
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) August 4, 2020
In which he admits that absentee and mail-in ballots are the same exact thing.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 4, 2020
Trump can’t keep his stories straight. For months he kept saying that Vote by Mail would lead to fraud and that he doesn’t support it. Now he’s saying it’s all good in Florida and is encouraging his supporters to vote by mail. This dude is completely inconsistent because he lies.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) August 4, 2020
“Whatever he says today he will change tomorrow, and he’s going to pretend like whatever he just said he never said,” @Lily_NEA said. “What he says and what he does are two different things. We look at what he does.”https://t.co/CIxXN1Tc1N
— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) August 2, 2020