President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to vote.
“So in California, the Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State,” Trump tweeted.
The race was never supposed to be a mail-only election, but the state has encouraged voters to cast ballots by mail to avoid in-person voting amid a pandemic.
Newsom announced last week that the state would send every voter a mail-in ballot for November’s elections, a move which likewise drew complaints from the president.
Trump’s complaints about mail-in ballot voting appear to be based upon his admitted fear that “you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again” if voting were easier.
