Trump’s scapegoating of mail-in voting is sinking the GOP

[corbe]

Trump’s scapegoating of mail-in voting is sinking the GOP

By Zachary Faria
February 14, 2024 2:41 pm

Former President Donald Trump has been toxic to the GOP in many ways in elections, and that includes his unrelenting opposition to mail-in voting.

Republicans lost a state House race in Pennsylvania in a Biden plus-10 district by 35 points, with over 95% of the vote tallied. This is thanks, in part, to the Democratic candidate dominating mail-in votes 86%-14%. In New York, Democrat Tom Suozzi won the U.S. House seat to replace expelled GOP Rep. George Santos, giving Republicans an even smaller margin. The New York Times reported that heavy snow caused turnout to shrink, which is a problem for Republicans who largely have rejected voting by mail and usually vote only in person on Election Day.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2856837/trumps-scapegoating-mail-in-voting-sinking-gop/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Yet, Congressional GOP sycophants keep drinking the Orange Kool-Aid.  Stupid is as stupid does. 

Dumb, weak, and cowardly are bad attributes for public officials.  The GOP is bless to have so many sitting in Congress.

[Fishrrman]

Nonsense.

"Mail-in" voting is one of the best "tools" the communists have in their "above-ground" portion of the "election apparatus" (much of which is still "underground").

It should be BANNED, EVERYWHERE.

[sneakypete]

Trump’s scapegoating of mail-in voting is sinking the GOP

By Zachary Faria
February 14, 2024 2:41 pm

Former President Donald Trump has been toxic to the GOP in many ways in elections, and that includes his unrelenting opposition to mail-in voting.

@corbe

I don't believe for a second that you love main-in voting.

You just hate "Rude Orange Man" to the point you would be happy to see the Dim candidate win,regardless of who  it is.

[sneakypete]

Yet, Congressional GOP sycophants keep drinking the Orange Kool-Aid.

And knee-jerk cretins are happy about it.

Stupid is as stupid does. 

Couldn't  have said it better,myself.

Dumb, weak, and cowardly are bad attributes for public officials.

Yet,they are the ones you support.

 

[sneakypete]

Nonsense.

"Mail-in" voting is one of the best "tools" the communists have in their "above-ground" portion of the "election apparatus" (much of which is still "underground").

It should be BANNED, EVERYWHERE.

@Fishrrman

With  the exception of US military members/government employees deployed to foreign nations who  would not be able to vote if it weren't for mail-in ballots,I agree.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Nonsense.

"Mail-in" voting is one of the best "tools" the communists have in their "above-ground" portion of the "election apparatus" (much of which is still "underground").

It should be BANNED, EVERYWHERE.

You are correct.

BUT we need to play these banana’s game until we can repeal them all.

Everything but in-person single-day voting should be banned.  (Exceptions for absentee, which was the original mail-it-in balloting.). They are all the mark of banana republics.

I personally do not wish to participate, but my mother is the perfect candidate for early, mailing votes.  I intend to “request” her ballot.

[roamer_1]

You are correct.

BUT we need to play these banana’s game until we can repeal them all.

Everything but in-person single-day voting should be banned.  (Exceptions for absentee, which was the original mail-it-in balloting.). They are all the mark of banana republics.

I personally do not wish to participate, but my mother is the perfect candidate for early, mailing votes.  I intend to “request” her ballot.

So am I. I cannot stand the rigors of waiting in line, would probably have to go in my wheelchair with an attendant, all of which don't fit in the voting booth very well either, btw. It's a big PIA for me, and for a bunch of other folks.

Considering that my current condition would not improve (though I think/hope it will), the only way I am voting this year is if someone brings me a ballot.

Absentee ballots have their purpose.

[Smokin Joe]

Nonsense.

"Mail-in" voting is one of the best "tools" the communists have in their "above-ground" portion of the "election apparatus" (much of which is still "underground").

It should be BANNED, EVERYWHERE.

Yep. Just because trump said something doesn't mean it is wrong or right, for that matter.

Use your own brain and sort it out.

Even village idiots are right sometimes, and experts can get it all horribly wrong.

[ScottinVA]

Nonsense.

"Mail-in" voting is one of the best "tools" the communists have in their "above-ground" portion of the "election apparatus" (much of which is still "underground").

It should be BANNED, EVERYWHERE.

Should be… but won’t be.  So, if the GOP wants to be competitive, it’d better embrace not only mail-in voting, but ballot harvesting, and absentee and early voting.  People may have the best of intentions to get out and vote on Election Day, but when the weather goes to crap, work schedules suddenly change or a health condition strikes, those best-laid plans often go awry. 

[cato potatoe]

We’re still debating this, after yet another early voting disaster?     In poisoning the early vote, Trump is ordering a segment of Republicans not to turn out.  He is an election losing machine.

[jmyrlefuller]

@Fishrrman

With  the exception of US military members/government employees deployed to foreign nations who  would not be able to vote if it weren't for mail-in ballots,I agree.

Which state are they supposed to represent if they don't live in one? Where are the votes supposed to count?

[sneakypete]

Which state are they supposed to represent if they don't live in one? Where are the votes supposed to count?

@jmyrlefuller

Beats me,but since they have been doing this since before I was born,the system is already in place.

However,I am GUESSING the votes are for candidates running in the state of their "home of record" only.
After all,neither they nor anyone else can legally vote for candidates that don't live in their home states.

[sneakypete]

Which state are they supposed to represent if they don't live in one? Where are the votes supposed to count?

@jmyrlefuller

BTW,to further simplify this process,the US military or the branch of the US Government they work for has a "home of record address" for ALL of them,and when they get a ballot to fill out it is from their home state,and it is mailed back to their home state.

This ain't rocket science. After all,if they get killed while serving overseas,the gooberment has to know where to ship the remains.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Nonsense.

"Mail-in" voting is one of the best "tools" the communists have in their "above-ground" portion of the "election apparatus" (much of which is still "underground").

It should be BANNED, EVERYWHERE.

Yes, it should.

But until it is - and it won't be as long as Democrats are in power -- we are absolute fools for not taking advantage of it.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

@jmyrlefuller

Beats me,but since they have been doing this since before I was born,the system is already in place.

However,I am GUESSING the votes are for candidates running in the state of their "home of record" only.
After all,neither they nor anyone else can legally vote for candidates that don't live in their home states.

Home of record also determines taxes, etc..

[massadvj]

The GOP was sinking before Trump ever entered the picture. Its credibility was destroyed by GWB, who I regard as the worst president of the last 50 years (yes, worse than Carter). Remember the presidential disasters that were Romney and McCain? Now the same people who brought you those disasters are selling the narrative that Trump is "destroying" the GOP. Trump saved the GOP from itself in 2016. Yes, he has had a spotty record since then, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking that the stupid party wasn't the stupid party long before Trump.

[bigheadfred]

The GOP was sinking before Trump ever entered the picture. Its credibility was destroyed by GWB, who I regard as the worst president of the last 50 years (yes, worse than Carter). Remember the presidential disasters that were Romney and McCain? Now the same people who brought you those disasters are selling the narrative that Trump is "destroying" the GOP. Trump saved the GOP from itself in 2016. Yes, he has had a spotty record since then, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking that the stupid party wasn't the stupid party long before Trump.

I am with you 100%.

[roamer_1]

The GOP was sinking before Trump ever entered the picture. Its credibility was destroyed by GWB, who I regard as the worst president of the last 50 years (yes, worse than Carter). Remember the presidential disasters that were Romney and McCain? Now the same people who brought you those disasters are selling the narrative that Trump is "destroying" the GOP. Trump saved the GOP from itself in 2016. Yes, he has had a spotty record since then, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking that the stupid party wasn't the stupid party long before Trump.

That's right in all aspects, except I would put Tumpy as the worst in pure damage. Dubya in second. Carter in third.

[Bigun]

Which state are they supposed to represent if they don't live in one? Where are the votes supposed to count?

The state which is their home of record at the time they were deployed overseas. @jmyrlefuller @sneakypete

[Bigun]

The GOP was sinking before Trump ever entered the picture. Its credibility was destroyed by GWB, who I regard as the worst president of the last 50 years (yes, worse than Carter). Remember the presidential disasters that were Romney and McCain? Now the same people who brought you those disasters are selling the narrative that Trump is "destroying" the GOP. Trump saved the GOP from itself in 2016. Yes, he has had a spotty record since then, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking that the stupid party wasn't the stupid party long before Trump.

  The Bush clan and its entourage (Karl Rove, Rick Perry, ...) are also behind everything bad happening in Texas politics today. That bunch was the prime mover (money behind) the Paxton impeachment fiasco. @massadvj 

[roamer_1]

The Bush clan and its entourage (Karl Rove, Rick Perry, ...) are also behind everything bad happening in Texas politics today. That bunch was the prime mover (money behind) the Paxton impeachment fiasco. @massadvj 

And Montana, by the way... Look where Raciciot came from.

What you describe is the Moderate Wing. The NEOCONS.

[Bigun]

And Montana, by the way... Look where Raciciot came from.

What you describe is the Moderate Wing. The NEOCONS.

We are about to (figuratively speaking) run them all out of town on rails this year if my reading of the tea leaves is correct.

[roamer_1]

We are about to (figuratively speaking) run them all out of town on rails this year if my reading of the tea leaves is correct.

In Texas? Maybe so. I don't believe it nationally. They have survived and remained in power almost all the way through my life.

The only thing that will dig them out is for the rank and file to demand Conservatism. Otherwise they will remain, and will continue to collude with Democrats to further Globalism.

[Bigun]

In Texas? Maybe so. I don't believe it nationally. They have survived and remained in power almost all the way through my life.

The only thing that will dig them out is for the rank and file to demand Conservatism. Otherwise they will remain, and will continue to collude with Democrats to further Globalism.

As the old saying goes, they "shit in their nest" here with this Paxton impeachment.