'Because I'm president': Trump struggles to defend casting a mail-in ballot

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8. Democracy Docket-Trump defends his mail voting hypocrisy: 'I'm president of the United States'

trump is above the law and so it is okay to vote by mail

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President Donald Trump Thursday defended his decision to cast another ballot by mail in recent Florida special elections, despite relentlessly attacking the voting method as a vehicle for election fraud.

His defense? “I’m the president of the United States.”

Trump has called on congressional Republicans to include restrictions on no-excuse mail voting in the severely anti-voting SAVE America Act. During a public cabinet meeting, a reporter asked him why he chose to vote by mail if the method is as unreliable and fraudulent as he claims it is.

“And because of the fact I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida because I felt like I should be here instead of being in the beautiful sun,” Trump said.

After a reporter pointed out that he’d been in Florida the past few weekends and could have voted in person, Trump falsely claimed that the state had exceptions for people away on business trips.

In reality, Florida is a no-excuse mail voting state, meaning any voter can request a mail ballot. But if Republicans follow the president’s lead and include a proposed ban on no-excuse mail voting in the SAVE America Act, Trump likely would not have qualified for his recent mail ballot if the bill became law.