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4 posted on 08/08/2020 1:20:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

outside of US, I can tell you all the FakeNewsMSM made a huge thing out of Trump allegedly changing his mind about mail-in voting...for Florida. Republican Gov mentioned, etc. haven’t seen any fact-checking as to whether Trump was referring to absentee voting or mail-in voting.
example:

8 Aug: Aljazeera: US: Trump’s attacks on mail-in votes could cost Republicans
Local Republican officials fear Trump’s attacks could hurt them as Democrats request ballots at higher rates.
SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies
The US president’s unsubstantiated attacks on mail voting as vulnerable to fraud have soured many of his supporters on this alternative to in-person balloting as coronavirus sweeps the country, more than two dozen Republican officials from six politically competitive states told Reuters news agency.

Fearful of losing the White House and getting thumped in down-ballot races, party operatives are quietly taking matters into their own hands. Local Republican candidates are recording phone messages promoting mail balloting as safe and reliable, officials said, while volunteer door knockers have memorised talking points to persuade sceptical voters that their state’s system is fraud-proof.
“There is a real concern that [Trump’s actions] will end up suppressing the Republican vote,” said Amy Koch, a Republican strategist in Minnesota who is working on several races there. “We are trying to tell voters that mail voting here in Minnesota has safeguards, but I worry that Trump has the biggest megaphone and can blow the whole thing up.”...

Republican officials are so concerned about the trend that they, too, sent a mailer to Florida party members last month featuring an edited Trump tweet purporting to show the president’s support for mail balloting.
“The president’s base skews older - this is the same population at high risk for COVID and most worried about in-person voting,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican fundraiser. “If I was the president I’d be making sure these people had ballots in the mail and could safely vote at home.”

Florida is among the states that allow mail voting without an excuse, the system Trump has derided as fraudulent. Still, on Tuesday, he took to Twitter asking Florida supporters to vote by mail, saying the state’s process is “Tried and True”.
Florida is a must-win state for Trump to have a shot at a second term. Trump himself has voted absentee there since he became a Florida resident last year...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/trump-attacks-mail-votes-cost-republicans-200807121559809.html

the FakeNewsMSM are 100% going to push for mail-in voting - no doubt whatsoever:

VIDEO: 7 Aug: CNN: What’s behind Trump’s mail-in ballot reversal in Florida
by Michael D’Antonio
So why would Trump tout the state as a model of election security? The answer lies in Trump’s own words: Florida is led by a “Republican governor.”...
One problem for the President, in Florida and elsewhere, is the likelihood that many of his supporters would find it easier and safer to vote by mail. Having repeatedly bashed mail-in voting, Trump, it appears, recently realized he needs a good showing in the Sunshine State and now wants it both ways. Thus, Florida Man says voting by mail is bad, but also good...

Trump is back at it again in 2020, and his attack on mail-in voting — except in Florida — is so twisted that it makes me wonder if he had help devising it...
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/07/opinions/trump-endorsement-mail-in-voting-florida-dantonio/index.html


5 posted on 08/08/2020 1:27:14 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Larry Lucido

You like golf, Mr. Kramer?


6 posted on 08/08/2020 1:36:39 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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