Larry Kudlow literally just said voting rights are part of a "liberal left wishlist." Voting. Rights. https://t.co/fRffbHkWbT— Michael Carpenter (@mikercarpenter) August 13, 2020
Leading @GuardianUS -- President Trump admits he is holding up funding to USPS to make it harder to vote by mail https://t.co/Mm7NxFyO4i pic.twitter.com/8RCo0aMDsU— Sam Levine (@srl) August 13, 2020
Trump says he’s blocking Postal Service funding because Democrats want to expand mail-in voting during pandemic - The Washington Post https://t.co/zp08kIjcmU— Matthew Goldstein (@MattGoldstein26) August 13, 2020
Just a reminder that in addition to being one of the groups that vote by mail in large numbers, seniors in rural communities often rely on the Postal Service to deliver their medication, especially if they're veterans. https://t.co/H1cxm87DL1— Bryan Lowry (@BryanLowry3) August 13, 2020
President Trump admitted in an interview he plans to block additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service in order to prevent increased voting by mail. https://t.co/5y70Hr7ikO— NPR (@NPR) August 13, 2020
One of my reporting projects has been to get to the bottom of the strategy with the Post Office. The president just says it out loud, though. https://t.co/YgCa05884A— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 13, 2020
This really isn't going unnoticed. And success in the courts isn't guaranteed, either:
BREAKING: Supreme Court rebuffs Republican attempt to block eased mail-in voting rules in Rhode Island. Justices Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch note their dissent. pic.twitter.com/Tr7DyrVlCO— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) August 13, 2020
In the Pennsylvania case, the GOP and the Trump campaign brought the suit; now the court is telling them to provide the evidence. You don't bring a suit unless you have the evidence to support it. AT least, most lawyers don't. If they can't provide anything, I see sanctions in their future.New: Federal judge in Pennsylvania orders Trump campaign & GOP to produce any evidence of vote-by-mail fraud in the state by Friday. The order, in a high-profile case about vote-by-mail, forces campaign to back up Trump’s false claims about massive fraud in postal voting.— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 13, 2020
I ask again: what is the GOP electoral strategy here?
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