2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump Suggests That Election Officials Will Throw Away Mail-In Ballots
Donald Trump suggested in a speech at a Colorado rally on Saturday that election officials will throw away mail-in ballots if they don't "like" them.
"I have real problems with ballots being sent," Trump said, according to a transcript by NBC's Ali Vitali and Emily Gold. "People say, oh, here's a ballot, bing. Here's another ballot, throw it away. Oh, here's one I like, we'll keep that one."
Trump claimed that there are "a lot of people" watching election officials.
"We're trying to have some pretty good supervision out there," he said. "We have a lot of people watching you people that collect the ballots."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-claims-election-officials-throw-away-mail-in-ballots
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)madaboutharry
(40,219 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)Is he saying the postal carriers are throwing away ballots? How would they know which ballot is voting for which candidate?
Is he saying that a mail in ballot is handled differently than an absentee ballot or one filled out in a polling place? He was in Colorado when he made this ridiculous claim. Maybe partaking in a little of our legal recreational weed.
underpants
(182,877 posts)It was completely exposed as an actual joke at least two weeks ago. He knows that his crowd has heard it and never found out it was fake. He always gives them their greatest hits. That's his schtick.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)It's not like the ballot selection is posted on the outside of the envelope. Are our postal workers supplied with special xray glasses to see through the envelope to see which candidate is selected? Or is he implying they're opening them in their postal truck and then throwing them away?
Sure he knows it's fake and most people do, but there are really dumb people who will believe it. Then they'll start harassing our postal workers and making their lives miserable just trying to do their job. All because of this stupid orange asshole.
underpants
(182,877 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)And if your little fingers can tweet, you are qualified for the most powerful job in the world.
Please proceed Mr. Trump, explain the world to us so we all know you don't understand squat.
Marthe48
(17,018 posts)Trump doesn't want to be president. He wants to be Papa Doc, Mugabe, Kim Jon-Il, Idi Amin, Lenin, Stalin, Saddam Hussien. But even if they were murderous dictators, they outclass Trump. I'm tired of Trump being exalted, when he is nothing but a cheap knock-off dictator wanna-be. Anyone who supports Trump hates America.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)erinlough
(2,176 posts)In my very tiny area (usually about 2000 votes cast) the clerk said people had been hostile to her asking how they could be sure she would count their ballot. This is a place where most of us know each other. She never said which supporters these were, but this is a Republican area.