Former president caused widespread concern after telling far-right Christian rally: ‘We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote’
Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future Trump ‘falsely vilifying migrants for US fentanyl deaths’
Good morning US politics readers. Democratic lawmakers and Kamala Harris’s campaign joined a chorus of critics sounding the alarm over recent remarks by Donald Trump telling a crowd of supporters they won’t “have to vote again” if they return him to the presidency in November’s election.
Trump, at a Friday night rally hosted in Florida by a far-right Christian advocacy group, said:
Christians, get out and vote! Just this time – you won’t have to do it any more … You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.
This year democracy is on the ballot, and if we are to save it, we must vote against authoritarianism.
The Senate is in this week. The House is out.
Joe Biden will head to Austin, Texas, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. He will then travel to Houston to pay his respects to Sheila Jackson Lee, the Democratic Texas congresswoman who died from pancreatic cancer last week.
Continue reading…Former president caused widespread concern after telling far-right Christian rally: ‘We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote’Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future Trump ‘falsely vilifying migrants for US fentanyl deaths’Good morning US politics readers. Democratic lawmakers and Kamala Harris’s campaign joined a chorus of critics sounding the alarm over recent remarks by Donald Trump telling a crowd of supporters they won’t “have to vote again” if they return him to the presidency in November’s election.Trump, at a Friday night rally hosted in Florida by a far-right Christian advocacy group, said:Christians, get out and vote! Just this time – you won’t have to do it any more … You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.This year democracy is on the ballot, and if we are to save it, we must vote against authoritarianism.The Senate is in this week. The House is out.Joe Biden will head to Austin, Texas, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. He will then travel to Houston to pay his respects to Sheila Jackson Lee, the Democratic Texas congresswoman who died from pancreatic cancer last week. Continue reading…