For it. Listen to this. They want 3. 5 trillion billion dollars for the mailin votes. Universal mailin ballots. They want 25 billion, billion, for the post office. Now they need that in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. If they dont get those two items, that means you cant have universal mailin voting because theyre not equipped to have it. That was the president of the United States explaining that he doesnt want to increase funding for the Postal Service because it would mean that more americans would be able to vote. It is Crystal Clear nearly every state has now reportedly received letters from the Postal Service General Council saying that they will not be able to fulfill mailin ballots before the november 3rd election because, quote, deadlines for requesting and casting mailin ballots are incongruous with the delivery standards. We are 80 days out right now and they are getting these letters. What this means is that t
Here. Sarah westwood in washington for us. Sarah, the president has been pushing in narrative that deceased persons, even dogs having mailed ballots, that the system is rife with fraud. Reporter the most important fact to remember is that voter fraud is exceedingly rare according to experts and they say that widespread voter fraud just simply doesnt happen in vote by mail scenarios because remember, even though politicians now are talking about dramatically expanding the practice of vote by mail, it has been going on to varying degrees in states for years now, and experts do say its very secure. The president has, in a lot of cases, including today, been pushing some straightup misinformation, some misleading claims about voting. He often conflates issues of Voter Registration in states with fraudulently cast ballots, which are two totally different things. Voter rolls do sometimes need cleaning up, but state officials are regularly checking them. And there have been some concerns from
Everywhere he looks. His poll numbers are terrible. A new National Poll shows trump running 11 points behind joe biden. The Unemployment Rate has skyrocketed. Its now sitting at 10. 2 . The covid statistics are sobering. 169,082 deaths in the United States. 5,317,612 cases, not including what the New York Times said has been a massive undercount. None of this is good news for the president 81 days before an election. So whats he done to change his prospects . Well, he hasnt come up with a National Plan to fight coronavirus. He hasnt taken part in relief negotiations. Hes not doing any of the real work that could actually make a difference. It doesnt really seem like the president thinks he can win anymore by doing anything real. So whats he doing instead . Hes trying to corrupt the election process. Hes trying to win by cheating. President trumps handpicked postmaster general has ordered sweeping changes at the Postal Service that will have a direct impact on the delivery of mail ballo
Train stati administration. Today the nation was warned about a new potential thareat t the nation. It is now warning states there may not be enough time for the ballots to be requested, completed and returned before november 3rd. Thats the hopedfor outcome when you set out to cripple the post office. Nbc news has confirmed states from coast to coast have received warning letters from the post Office General counsel. Washington post reporting letters were sent to at least 46 states as trump ramps up his efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of mailin voting. Those extra funds are part of that Relief Bill Congress and the white house cant agree on. Congress skipped town for a 26day summer break because they need their rest. Today trump was asked what would convince him to release the funds. If the democrats were to give you some of what you want, would you be willing to accept the 25 billion for the Postal Service including the 3. 5 billion. Thats not what i want. Its what the America
Of the upcoming election. Among those voters, the president and first lady who both requested mailin ballots in florida. That didnt stop President Trump from continuing his baseless attacks on mailin voting today, tweeting that the 2020 election will be a fraudulent mess and that we may never know who won. Kristen holmes joins me now live from bridgewater new jersey, close to where President Trump is spending his weekend. The Trump Campaign was forced to hand over documents to prove their allegation of voter fraud in the state of pennsylvania. What are we learning about that . Reporter well, thats right, bianna. The Trump Campaign has sued in several states, particularly notable that they are several key swing states, including pennsylvania and nevada. Now, in pennsylvania a judge says last week that the Trump Campaign had to provide documents to democrats to the court over what exactly this widespread fraud would look like. So they did, in fact, turn over these thousands of pages of d