‘Knows he’s gonna lose big time’: Trump ripped for pivoting ‘hard to voter suppression’ in AM Twitter meltdown
President Donald Trump is under fire after kicking off the week with several tweets critics say are attempts at voter suppression. Barely a day and a half after his disastrous Tulsa rally, which less than 6200 people attended, according to an official estimate, the President is clearly concerned about his re-election prospects.
Monday morning President Trump tweeted out a link to a far right wing website quoting Attorney General Bill Barr’s false claim voting by mail “absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud.”
The President added: “This will be the Election disaster of our time. Mail-In Ballots will lead to a RIGGED ELECTION!”
There is zero evidence of this.
Minutes later, Trump fired off an all-caps tweet, insisting – again without evidence – foreign countries will print “millions” of mail-in ballots, rigging the election.
RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1592824617
Five states are vote-by-mail only: Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah. Several other states offer vote-by-mail. There is nearly zero voter fraud.
On Twitter some noted the safeguards in place to prevent voter fraud.
FACT CHECK: Absentee/mail-in ballots are printed with bar codes for tracking. CONTEXT ALERT: @realDonaldTrump is… https://t.co/pRlhbozopv— Andrew Feinberg (@Andrew Feinberg) 1592825182
Others accused Trump of lying.
EVERY WORD OF THIS IS A LIE. https://t.co/xtUZxClq3N— Richard Stengel (@Richard Stengel) 1592828087
Some noted Trump knows he’s going to lose the election.
I guess Trump realizes now there's no way he's going to win. Funny that he declares foreign intervention to affec… https://t.co/VXHRxo6K25— emptywheel (@emptywheel) 1592825376
@realDonaldTrump Trump knows he’s gonna lose big time, so he’s already creating the excuse why. We’ve had mail-in… https://t.co/KRY105nGsL— Dark Brandon (@Dark Brandon) 1592824740
Some warned Trump might not leave quietly.
@realDonaldTrump Trump telling us on June 22, 2020 he will NOT be accepting the election results come November 3.… https://t.co/YyesFgSnGf— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1592826695
Some expressed grave concern.
If mail-in ballots are disproportionately sought by Democrats, election night counts may show Trump leading in some… https://t.co/tBcEFcQtH3— Matthew Gertz (@Matthew Gertz) 1592827058
This is a set up tweet. Pay attention. https://t.co/0sY7k0F0NX— Don Winslow (@Don Winslow) 1592828478
Some warned he might be planning to contest the election.
Some just mocked the President.
Can someone get him a burp cloth? He’s spitting up again. https://t.co/r99UvHcMgY— Bradley P. Moss (@Bradley P. Moss) 1592824971
@realDonaldTrump When you say millions do you actually mean 6200s? Trying to apply your Tulsa math to future Trump predictions.— Mr. Newberger (@Mr. Newberger) 1592824999
@realDonaldTrump IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES! https://t.co/Kk6e0iGZSC— Dark Brandon, Jedi Master (@Dark Brandon, Jedi Master) 1592824730
Some warned Trump is asking for foreign interference again.
This tweet serves two purposes. 1) It makes his base weary of the election results, and 2) It's a direct request t… https://t.co/RinsdB1KvQ— Dark Brandon (@Dark Brandon) 1592828298
And some accused him of engaging in voter suppression.
After Trump's Tulsa flop of a rally where he had less than a third turnout, Trump now is 100% sure he can NOT win i… https://t.co/0CdzV2601x— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1592826153
And so begins the 2020 Trump campaign voter suppression effort. When he loses he needs to lose big, because this c… https://t.co/Bz6h3aEeQf— Steven Nash (@Steven Nash) 1592825959
Activate voter suppression time with agent Barr as head of strategy. https://t.co/L3MlAXH8Tv— anotheraccount (@anotheraccount) 1592826694
