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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump threatening to cut funding to Michigan due to absentee ballots:
Link to tweet
magicarpet
(14,150 posts)"Liberal Snowflakes should not touch election ballots,... only Fascists should vote."
Botany
(70,504 posts)Does Trump even know that Congress authorizes funding (not the President) and that Michigan's Sec.
of State work is guided by the state's constitution?
It is time for the 25th amendment. The fucker is rage tweeting nonsense.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)babylonsister
(171,065 posts)doesn't get his way so he threatens?
LisaL
(44,973 posts)babylonsister
(171,065 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Keep up the good work Don the Con! Adding to peoples misery is generally not a good strategy.
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)ASAP . Tell trump to shove it.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)going to be on a ballot. We have not officially selected our candidate. And what primary did they send ballots for? Isn't their primary over?
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)The ballot will be sent when it's ready.
Great news for Democracy.
Trump is tipping his hand here, his election strategy will to use Covid-19 to scare people away from the polls.
madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)He needs to be admitted to a psychiatric ward for treatment.
JI7
(89,249 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)So he doesn't even know what he is tweeting about.
"The president threatened federal funding for Michigan and erroneously said Benson planned to send absentee ballots, when the Detroit Democrat instead plans to send voters applications for the ballots ahead of the elections."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/20/trump-threatens-michigan-funding-over-bensons-decision-mail-absentee-apps/5226908002/
ecstatic
(32,704 posts)If nothing is done now, nothing will be done when he does it in November.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)He was claiming wide spread voter fraud as I recall even before the election.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)Ford factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan this Thursday.
demmiblue
(36,851 posts)Jarqui
(10,125 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)He'll use that as a platform when he launches Trump TV. The deplorables will eat it up.