Transcripts For MSNBCW All In With Chris Hayes 20240712

Campaign focuses on getting us out of the Coronavirus Crisis as reports say the true death toll could be over 200,000 americans. All in starts right now. Good evening from philadelphia. Im ali velchi in for chris hayes. A ticket that donald trump and his fellow republicans seem to have no idea how to campaign against, donald trump today made explicit how he plans to win a president ial race that hes currently losing by a lot. That plan is to steal the election. He confessed it literally on live tv. Once again he said the quiet part out loud. As you know, states across the country are turning to mailin voting in an effort to all americans to vote safely during the pandemic. Today when asked about efforts to fund mailin voting as part of a new coronavirus rescue bill, this is actually what donald trump said. Three and a half billion dollars, billion, for mailin voting. Billion. So if you didnt have it do you know how much money that is . They want 25 billion for the post office because the post office is going to have to go to town to get these ridiculous ballots in. Now, if we dont make a deal, that means they dont get the money. That means they cant have universal mailin voting. They just cant have it. They just cant have it. If youre wondering why the president is so determined to stop mailin voting, a poll out this week provides an answer. Quote, among those who say they will vote by mail, 81 support biden, 14 support trump. Among those who vote on election day, 67 support trump, 26 support biden. So the president looks at those numbers, and he sees an otherwise impossible path to victory. His strategy is to steal the election by undermining mailin voting which clearly favors his opponent while promoting in person voting which appears to favor him. And the reason he thinks it favors him is that hes worked hard to convince his supporters not to worry too much about dying from the virus. Even as more than 1,000 americans continue to die from it every single day. The president again admitted to his scheme late this afternoon. If the post office, if theyre not going to approve a bill and the post office, therefore, wont have the money and if theyre not going to approve a big bill, a bigger bill and theyre not going to have the 3. 5 billion for the universal mailin votes, how can you have those votes . All right. Lets be really clear about whats happening here. The president is blocking a coronavirus rescue bill that would provide aid that millions of americans desperately need because he thinks doing so will prevent voters from voting by mail. Biden voters he assumes probably correctly. But his voters will go to the polls, and thats how he will win the election. That is our president. That is who he is. And his economic adviser larry kudlow isnt much better. So much of the democratic asks are really liberal left wishes. You know, Voting Rights and aid to aliens and so forth. Thats not our game. That is not our game, he said