Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is calling on people to “fight back” following President Donald Trump’s repeated remarks regarding mail-in voting.
“Trump put Postmaster DeJoy in charge of the postal service to dismantle the USPS [and] sabotage vote by mail,” Waters tweeted on Monday. “New procedures are causing massive delays.”
The Democratic lawmaker — who is a frequent critic of the president — then claimed Trump and Republicans “don’t believe in free [and] fair elections.”
She continued, “They’ll lie, cheat, [and] steal to stay in power. We’ve got to fight back!”
See Waters’ tweet below:
Trump put Postmaster DeJoy in charge of the postal service to dismantle the USPS & sabotage vote by mail. New procedures are causing massive delays. Trump & Repubs don’t believe in free & fair elections. They’ll lie, cheat, & steal to stay in power. We’ve got to fight back!
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) August 3, 2020
Trump recently suggested the idea of delaying the 2020 presidential election, as he claimed “universal mail-in voting” will lead to “the most INACCURATE [and] FRAUDULENT Election in history,” as IJR reported.
“Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump tweeted on July 30.
Despite the claims about mail-in voting, there is no evidence of widespread fraud. Additionally, several lawmakers have made it clear the president does not have the power to delay the election.
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
Mail-In Voting is already proving to be a catastrophic disaster. Even testing areas are way off. The Dems talk of foreign influence in voting, but they know that Mail-In Voting is an easy way for foreign countries to enter the race. Even beyond that, there’s no accurate count!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
The president then said during a press conference afterward that he does not want to see a date change during the election.
President Trump on delaying election: "Do I want to see a date change? No. But I don't want to see a crooked election. This election will be the most rigged election in history if that happens."
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 30, 2020
Full video here: https://t.co/VehtP8NiTF pic.twitter.com/KZNzrhAeVe
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday was asked if Trump was serious about a possible change to the election, where he told CBS News, “All of this that we’re talking about comes down to one thing. Universal mail-in ballots. That is not a good idea for the country.”
Meadows also added, “He has not looked at delaying any election.”
