US EditionJeffries bashes Trump as hypocrite for voting by mail: ‘King-like behavior’
Despite publicly calling mail-in voting fraudulent, Trump cast his ballot by mail in Palm Beach County, where he resides, amid his push for the SAVE America Act restricting mail voting.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump cast a mail-in ballot in a Florida special state house election for the district containing his Mar-a-Lago estate.
- Trump has characterized mail-in voting as "mail-in cheating" while pushing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would restrict the practice except for illness, disability, military service, or travel.
- White House spokesperson Olivia Wales dismissed the vote as a "non-story," noting Trump remains a registered Palm Beach resident while primarily living in Washington, D.C., and voted by mail previously in 2020.
- Democrat Emily Gregory won the special election in the district containing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, flipping the seat from Republican control, according to unofficial results.
- A 2025 Brookings Institution analysis shows mail-in fraud is "extremely rare," occurring roughly four times per 10 million votes cast, contradicting Trump's claims about the practice's safety.
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Letter: Don't tamper with the absentee ballot system
President Trump recently voted with a “mail-in” ballot in Florida, while he publicly rails again the voting method citing fraud and pushing Congress to curtail the practice. What a hypocrite. Let’s consider who will be impacted by curtailing “mail-in” ballots.
Trump calls mail-in ballots a 'way of cheating' despite casting one himself
During remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee, President Trump criticized mail-in voting as “a way of cheating.” Trump had recently voted by mail in the Florida special election, where a Democrat won a Republican-held seat in a district that includes the president's Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump votes by mail despite blasting mail-in ballots as ‘cheating’ - and Democrats win
US President Donald Trump, who has blasted mail-in ballots as “cheating”, cast his vote by mail in a special election in Florida in which a Democrat won the district in the state legislature that includes the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump votes by mail in Florida special election, despite calling it 'cheating'
By his own standards, Trump violated the terms he says mail-in ballots should abide by. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)President Donald Trump utilized mail-in voting for a special election in Florida this week, despite years of falsely claiming that the method is rife with fraud and shouldn’t be trusted. Voting records from Palm Beach County, Florida, indicate that Trump voted by mail for the election taking place on Tuesday. Mail-i…
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