there was a lot that happened. it was an election security briefing. u.s. officials walked through the ways in which the election system was secure and telling trump about mail-in ballots, security audits for voting, and a range of ways in which the election would be protected. and trump according to our sources even suggested that he was so impressed by the work done to secure the election, that he even suggested doing a press conference where he could take credit for that work. so, this is, as you say, a contrast to what he was saying just weeks later where he ramped up conspiracy theories and was full boor in the fact that the election would not turn into his favor. that is fascinating. he wanted to hold a press conference to tout this. but sean, i do want to play a bit of what trump was saying in public just a few weeks after that meeting in april of 2020. take a listen.
president had with sean hannity. i know you don t want to go down the rabbit hole of trying to get into his head. here is what he said at a town hall last week. will you encourage your voters based on system we have to go along with the system of early voting and voting by mail, because i think if you don t, it is a big mistake. no, i will. but those ballots get lost also, sean. a lot of bad things happen to those ball thots, and we have v corrupt elections. so trump is encouraging mail-in ballots yet continuing to sow doubt. ho you are other republican candidates responding to that. i don t know that other republican candidates are weighing in but everyone around donald trump has been trying to get him to stop attacking mail-in voting because it again depressing his own turnout. donald trump does well with senior citizens who are voting block that largely votes by mail-in voting. iine felt like sean hannity was trying to key the softball up
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