McCarthy Warned Trump Against Mail Voting Attacks

Axios reports:

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is privately encouraging voting by mail and warned President Trump the party could be “screwed” by his fight against mail-in voting.

“We could lose based on that,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) told me at a diner in Salt Lake City last week, during a campaign swing that began in the Pacific Northwest.

McCarthy said the party can’t afford for Republicans to sit home, afraid of getting COVID-19, while Democrats flood the field with mail-in ballots. McCarthy is particularly worried about deterring senior citizens.

Read the full article. McCarthy says he warned Trump that his obsession with mail-in voting will hurt his reelection prospects and hamstring all Republicans.