AUDIENCE MEMBER: The big concern I’ve got is: How are you going to make sure that the election is fair and free from fraudulent absentee votes and mail-in ballots? That’s the concern I’ve got.
THE PRESIDENT: I think it’s the most important question I’ll be asked, because it’s a great question. So now we have a mail-in thing. And you see California — he’s sending out millions and millions of ballots. Where are they going? Where aren’t they going? Is the postman going to hand them out? Are they going to take them out of the mailboxes?
The other thing, Mark, that’s very important: You go to foreign countries — you know, they keep talking, “Oh, Russia and China and this…” Especially China, not Russia. Especially China. Are they going to print millions of ballots using the exact same paper, using the exact same machines? And are they going print ballots and then hand them in? And then, all of a sudden — it’s the biggest risk we have: the mail-in ballot, not so much the absentee ballot. Because an absentee — like, I’m in White House, and I have to vote in Florida, et cetera, et cetera.
You’re an absentee; that’s okay. But people go through a process for that. You know, they — it’s really pretty good. But the mail-in ballots, they mail them to anybody. And they send them out by the millions. I think I read over 30 million ballots are going to be sent out in California. Where are they going? Nobody is standing there watching you vote.
At least the other way, you get in line, and they’re using — you know, I said the other day: We went through World War One, and we voted. We went through World War Two, and we voted. And now we have a virus. And by that time, it’ll be less and less. Why aren’t we going to vote? People want to vote.
But it would be nice to be able to see the people. And on top of that, they should have ID voting. Okay? We should have ID ballots.
Q Absolutely.
THE PRESIDENT: Great question. (Applause.)
Buckeye McFrog: That exchange really disturbed me because throughout all that Trump did not actually answer the man’s question. He may not be able to stop it.
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ransomnote: I believe the President is completely direct when he wants to be, and indirect when he wants to be.
I beleive he wants to teach the American public to get on its feet and take back their country because he won't be in office forever. It is a miracle that he came along in time to save us, but we can't be reliant on a President Trump to protect our nation for the rest of our history. There aren't any other Trump's - there's us.
If we don't want mail-in voting or cheating, we need to demand that the practice halt. We need to hold our "elected officials" accountable. We need to tell them we're firing them (recall election) for putting cheating efforts in place. Lawsuits, socially distanced protests, call in campaigns etc. This is the President using the "teach a man to fish" addage instead of "giving a man a fish".
This is the best time to push back on our governors/officals NOW while he is President. When he leaves office, we'll be ripe for the picking for the next stolen election or Obama presidency if we haven't learned how to use our Constitution and our voices