Michigan’s Secretary of State Says She Is ‘Dumbfounded’ After Trump’s Remarks on Mail-In Voting

Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is not holding back when it comes to responding to President Donald Trump’s recent remarks regarding vote-by-mail.

The president took to Twitter on Wednesday with a threat to cut off funding states, particularly Nevada and Michigan, that send out mail-in ballots.

In regard to Michigan, Trump wrote in a since-deleted tweet, “Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!”

He later corrected his words from suggesting Michigan was sending absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of the upcoming election to instead say “absentee ballot applications.”

Benson quickly fired back at Trump’s initial tweet, saying, “We sent applications, not ballots. Just like my GOP colleagues in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska and West Virginia.”

After Trump deleted and sent out a new tweet with the correction, Benson — who he called “rogue” — offered another response.

“Hi again. Still wrong,” she wrote.

During an interview with MSNBC Wednesday evening, Benson spoke on the law in the state and what she is overseeing in regards to the general election.

She noted Michiganders “have a right” under the state law to choose to vote-by-mail in the election if they desire to do so, as the nation combats the coronavirus outbreak.