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turbinetree

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Fri Apr 10, 2020, 06:36 PM Apr 2020

Trump says people who vote by mail are 'cheaters.' 11 people in his inner circle did. [View all]

By Emily Singer -April 10, 2020 12:46 PM

Trump himself voted by mail just last month.

Donald Trump and his Republican allies have been on a crusade against voting by mail — a method gaining steam as the COVID-19 pandemic makes in-person voting unsafe.

Trump falsely said in an April 7 briefing that absentee voting is a "dangerous thing for this country," adding that people who vote-by-mail are "cheaters" and that mail-in ballots are "fraudulent."

It's a line of attack that GOP lawmakers are now adopting, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

However, Trump himself has cast multiple absentee ballots in his life. At least 10 other members of Trump's family and inner circle have also voted by mail at least once.

Here are the members of that inner circle who have cast what Trump described as "fraudulent" votes:

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-mail-voting-mike-pence-ivanka-trump-absentee-ballots-coronavirus/

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