President Trump blew up Democrats on Sunday because he wanted to use “post dropboxes” to collect votes for the November presidential election, and insist they would lead to fraud and not be “sanitized COVID.”
“Democrats are now using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a traffic safety for voters. Among other things, they make it possible for a person to vote multiple times. Whoever controls them, will they be placed in Republican or Democratic areas? They are not Covid sanitized. A big fraud! “, Tells the President wrote on Twitter.
Later in the day, Twitter flagged the message for breach of civic and electoral integrity. ‘
“However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public interest for the Tweet to remain accessible,” the social messaging site said, linked to a fuller statement of its policies.
It said the content was considered in the public interest “as it directly contributes to the understanding or discussion of a matter of public concern”, but noted that the notice limits the ability to deal with posting “via likes, retweets, or share on Twitter. ”
A number of states, including the swing states of Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, are considering using or expanding the use of dropboxes, allowing voters concerned about social distance to issue their ballots without going to the post office.
Oregon, Washington and Colorado already use dropboxes regularly.
Trump has been furious about Democrats supporting mail-in-vote in November, saying it would result in a rigged election.
The president said he is voting for an absent vote, which he and First Lady Melania Trump used in Florida, but is opposed to widespread postal voting because of security risks.
Democrats accuse Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a GOP donor and Trump ally, of making changes to the U.S. Postal Service in recent weeks that will delay mail collection at a time when voting by mail is expected will increase due to the coronavirus.
DeJoy, at a House of Representatives hearing on Friday, denied claims he was trying to carry the post and said his top priority is to make sure election post arrives on time.
On a rare Saturday, the House of Representatives approved $ 25 billion to help the agency with the expected influx of ballot papers and not to order DeJoy to close post offices, not remove mail care machines or the overtime for postal workers before the election to cut.
Twenty-six Republicans voted with the Democrats.
Trump has promised to veto the USPS assistance bill if it passes the GOP-controlled Senate, which is unlikely.
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