Trump flips his 2020 stance, launches absentee ballot and early voting push
In urging early voting in his 2024 election rematch with Biden, Trump vows that he'll make sure 'your ballot is secure'
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published June 4, 2024 4:11pm EDT
Former President Trump is urging Republicans to use "every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats," which the presumptive GOP nominee says includes early voting and absentee balloting.
The former president's 2024 campaign and the Republican National Committee on Tuesday announced the launch of what they call their "Swamp The Vote USA" effort.
It's a major reversal from Trump's stance four years ago, when he repeatedly condemned early-in-person voting and mail-in balloting and said they were to blame for what he argued was massive election fraud that led to his defeat at the hands of President Biden.
"Republicans must win and we will use every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats because they are destroying our country," Trump argued in his statement.
And he emphasized that "whether you vote absentee, by mail, early in-person or on election day, we are going to protect the vote. We make sure your ballot is secure and your voice is heard. We must swamp the radical Democrats with massive turnout. The way to win is to swamp them, if we swamp them with votes they can’t cheat. You need to make a plan, register, and vote any way possible. We have got to get your vote."
Democrats have voted early in greater numbers than Republicans the past couple of election cycles, while Republicans have tended to come out in greater force on Election Day in November.
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