Trump calls voting by mail ‘cheating’ just days after voting by mail
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Trump called mail-in voting cheating days after casting a mail ballot himself.
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President Trump denounced mail-in voting as "cheating" during a Monday event in Memphis, Tennessee, just days after casting a mail-in ballot himself in a Florida House race. Trump's criticism of mail-in voting has been a recurring theme since his 2020 election loss, which he has attributed to voting fraud, though election officials and courts have found no evidence of widespread fraud. The contradiction between his recent mail ballot and his rhetoric underscores the tension in Trump's long-standing position on voting methods. The president has called for action against mail-in voting despite using the practice himself, a pattern that has persisted throughout his second term.
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