GOP Massachusetts governor, Charlie Baker: Trump's compassion 'nowhere to be ...
deafguy55 September 26, 2020 in ASL 42 Subscribers Subscribe
Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , [In the tweet, Trump shot back at Baker, a fellow Republican, after the governor defended mail-in voting and criticized the president’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 election during a press conference Thursday. “RINO Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts is unsuccessfully trying to defend Mail In Ballots, when there is fraud being found all over the place,” Trump wrote, using the acronym for “Republican in name only” to refer to Baker, a moderate Republican. “Just look at some of the recent races, or the Trump Ballots in Pennsylvania that were thrown into the garbage,” the president continued. “Wrong Charlie!” The tweet comes as Trump has for months tried to undermine mail-in voting, which has been expanded in many states due to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on dubious claims of increased voter fraud. Election experts have consistently said that fraudulent voting — even in the case of mailed ballots — is exceedingly rare. Trump’s tweet Friday morning in response to Baker was also flagged as misleading by Twitter, which added a link assuring voters that voting by mail is “safe and secure.”]