volinbham
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You are missing the point. President Donald Trump took to Twitter two days ago and threatened to withhold federal funds from Michigan (in the middle of a pandemic, no less) while falsely accusing the Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, of mailing ballots to residents. The Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, had, in reality, only sent ballot applications - not the ballots themselves - to registered voters, which is a growing practice among elected officials, including states led by Republicans, and this practice is completely legal, by the way. Why wouldn't it be?
Basically, this was another example of the President of the United States making reckless and irresponsible public threats during a time of crisis without getting his facts straight first. Donald Trump is so paranoid, vindictive, petty and behaves so impulsively on Twitter, that the facts don't even seem to matter. The only thing that matters to Donald Trump is his uncontrollable anger in the moment, and his constant need to vent. Trump's aids have acknowledged his mistake on Twitter, but has he admitted that he was wrong, or apologized to Jocelyn Benson? No, he has not and he never will. Trump is an egocentric, vindictive and petty little man.
I'm not missing the point. I don't condone Trump's actions. Nothing I said even referred to it.
I'm wary of one political party wanting to change the rules 6 months prior to an election. If Covid will be a challenge then start encouraging absentee ballots, advocate for extended poll opening times. Proposals to change how we vote without non-partisan study and vetting is a disaster waiting to happen. Changing voting rules should be a long, careful process so that people have faith in the process.