Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday slammed President Donald Trump's call to ban mail-in voting.
"Two facts: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, and vote by mail is safe, secure, and reliable," Schumer said in a statement. "Let's be clear — this is not based in fact or reality, but it is yet another way for Trump to silence Americans from using their voice in the democratic process and implement Jim Crow laws across America.
"Senate Democrats will make sure that any and every measure that would make it even more difficult for Americans to vote will be dead on arrival in the Senate and will continue to fight to protect our democracy."
Trump said Monday that he will "lead a movement" to end mail-in voting in U.S. elections and sign an executive order "to help bring honesty" to next year's midterms, admitting his efforts "will be strongly opposed by Democrats."
"I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we're at it, Highly 'Inaccurate,' Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election," Trump posted on Truth Social. "With their HORRIBLE Radical Left policies, like Open Borders, Men Playing in Women's Sports, Transgender and 'WOKE' for everyone, and so much more, Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM."
Trump said other countries ended voting by mail because of "massive voter fraud." He said states must follow a president's lead "for the good of the country."
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