Trump promised Monday to work to end mail-in voting and said work is already underway on an executive order to ban it before the 2026 midterm elections, although the Constitution does not give him this power.

“We, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots,” he said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We’re going to start with an executive order that’s being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots.”

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    I voted by mail in 2020. It was super easy and convenient - which is why republicans hate it.

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      It directly counters many of their favorite voter suppression tactics.

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        Like ICE and national guard at every ballot box ti intimidate anyone who isn’t lilly white? And maybe a few of those if they look LGBTQ+ or a bit liberal.