Donald Trump's Claims About Mail-In Voting and Vladimir Putin

Putin's Stance on Mail-In Voting

• 💡 Vladimir Putin reportedly told Donald Trump that mail-in voting is impossible for honest elections and that no country uses it.
• 🎯 Putin allegedly claimed Trump won the 2020 election and that a Trump victory would have prevented the war in Ukraine, saving millions of lives.

Criticism of Trump's Claims

• ⚠️ The speaker finds it maddening that Trump cites Putin, who regularly wins elections with over 80% of the vote and has suppressed opposition, as an expert on free and fair elections.
• 🚫 Sean Hannity is criticized for not challenging these claims, with the speaker suggesting his career would be over if he did.

Trump's Proposed Executive Order

• 🚀 Donald Trump intends to use an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots, which he claims are corrupt.
• ⚖️ The speaker asserts that Trump lacks the constitutional authority to ban mail-in voting via executive order, as states control their election processes.

Mail-In Voting: Facts vs. Fiction

• 📊 Contrary to Putin's claim, 34 countries worldwide allow mail-in ballots, with most European countries offering some form of it.
• 🇺🇸 In the US, 28 states permit voters to request mail ballots, and eight states plus D.C. send ballots to all residents, a practice that encourages participation.
• 🗳️ It is noted that Donald Trump himself votes by mail, despite publicly denouncing it.

Shifting Republican Mail-In Ballot Trends

• 📈 Recent analysis shows that in North Carolina (2024), Republicans outpaced Democrats in mail ballots cast, a reversal from four years prior.
• 📊 Similar trends favoring Republicans in mail ballot usage were observed in Arizona and Pennsylvania in 2024.
• 🧐 This suggests that Trump's efforts to eliminate mail-in voting might inadvertently harm Republican turnout, particularly among elderly voters who prefer this method.