Trump calls Supreme Court mail ballot ruling ‘big loss for Republicans’
Trump called the ruling a big loss for Republicans and accused the court of helping Democrats amid a 7-2 decision.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump blasted the Supreme Court for blocking a new Postal Service rule on Mail-In Ballots, calling the decision "a big loss for Republicans" and accusing the justices of political cowardice.
- The Supreme Court upheld a lower court's injunction, finding the Postal Service likely exceeded its authority and that burdens on voters outweighed the government's stated fraud concerns regarding the proposed verification requirements.
- In a 463-word Truth Social post, Trump praised dissenting Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas as "legends both," yet questioned the loyalty of the three justices he nominated, claiming they are "merely a shell of their original selves."
- Trump's grievances extended to earlier court decisions on his tariff policy, which he claimed cost the Country "Trillions and Trillions of Dollars," and birthright citizenship, which he labeled "a complete and total disaster."
- Arguing the court's decisions have "set America back at least a hundred years," Trump predicted they "will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History," closing his post with "God bless the U.S.A.
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