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Rhiannon12866

(261,360 posts) Mon Jun 29, 2026, 10:06 PM 9 hrs ago

"Voting by mail has never been a partisan issue until Donald Trump..." - C-SPAN

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Supreme Court decision on mail-in ballots: "Voting by mail has never been a partisan issue until Donald Trump decided to pedal conspiracy theories relative to his own failures to win back in 2020." - Aired on 06/29/2026.

Full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/house-democratic-leader-hakeem-jeffries-d-ny-holds-news-conference/681945

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"Voting by mail has never been a partisan issue until Donald Trump..." - C-SPAN (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago OP

Vote by mail is harder to "rig". Permanut 9 hrs ago #1

When New York primaries happened during Covid, the governor sent every voter a mail-in ballot Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago #2

True..now on rightwing radio, they talk of all voting options like they are cheating BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #3

Permanut

(8,736 posts)

1. Vote by mail is harder to "rig".

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 10:11 PM

9 hrs ago

So of course Mango Mussolini has to get rid of it.

We've been doing it in Oregon for like, forever with no problems.

Rhiannon12866

(261,360 posts)

2. When New York primaries happened during Covid, the governor sent every voter a mail-in ballot

Reply to Permanut (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 10:14 PM

9 hrs ago

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,543 posts)

3. True..now on rightwing radio, they talk of all voting options like they are cheating