U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk.
“Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can’t have an honest election with mail-in voting,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” after a nearly three-hour meeting between the leaders in Alaska. “He said there’s not a country in the world that uses it now.”
You know Putin, the king of honest elections…
Yeah, Putin is a paragon of freedom, justice and integrety in a morally bankrupt world
sadly there are people here on lemmy who say that unironically
You don’t win elections by a consistent 98.6% without doing something right!
I thought they were there to discuss the Ukraine War? How did they get to mail in ballots?
Also, why the fuck would the US care what Putin thinks of how the US elections are run?
Have you watched even two minutes of Trump trying to speak on any topic?
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Yet Trump been in office and you criticize him like he been there for four years already
In a paltry 6 months, he’s done far more than four years’ worth of damage to international relations and American citizens’ rights. That’s more than fair game for criticism, if you ask me.
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Zero.
The number of people mentioning Biden before you. Also, the number of people that give two shits about Biden at this point in time. Like tRump, staying on topic requires a modicum of intelligence and focus.
By the way, illegals can be anything those making the laws says it is. It’s a slippery slope, and when reduced to fewer and fewer people determining what is and isn’t illegal, the faster it is subject to change. You should hope whatever in group(s) you belong to now never fall out of favor with those in charge.
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Get the fuck out of here “illegals don’t have rights.” What kind of person says that other than a psycho?
Jesus, you bootlickers are sickos.
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The constitution says they do. I don’t give a fuck about the laws in their country.
Illegals have constitutional rights. Everyone in the US has these rights. That’s kinda our thing.
He has been there for 4.5 years already?
That’s the joke. Right now OP has 57 downvotes and no upvote. What’s happening?
It does not read as a joke whatsoever.
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and you criticize him like he been there for four years already…
Read their comment history. Either a troll, or genuinely a Make America God Awful cultist.
Looks genuine but then he must have forgotten a not and some more
and you criticize him like he has not been there for four years already
I am still surprised by the votes. The following comments were not there to reveal his opinions. Does everybody track users to know that they are pro Trump or was TDS enough of a signal?
I think “TDS” combined with the lack of “/s” was enough of a signal for the first few downvoters, and then it turned into dog piling.
You mean the guy who is all over the Epstein files because he raped teenagers?
Go on about how other people are deluded about the guy.
Putin seems to have more say in our elections than I do.
Also, why the fuck would the US care what Putin thinks of how the US elections are run?
Take a quick look at Putin/Russia’s electoral history for the past couple of decades, and maybe it’ll become more clear
Flight of ideas
Yeah, if putin is against it, that essentially means it’s a good idea.
They were discussing a lot of things, including business.
Who the fuck cares what Putin thinks about anything?
Other dictators. They care more about each other than their own people.
Right? In a way, though, i do kinda care: if Putin says it is bad, it’s probably good.
Who gives an actual fuck about how Putin thinks the US ought to do things?
Just Trump. It’s always just Trump.
Putin also thinks that it’s okay to jail your opponents in an election. I bet Trump doesn’t mind that idea either.
The US government obviously does.
Trump and the usa clearly.
We don’t give a fuck what Putin thinks. He’s the example of what not to do.
The US declared on Friday that they were now allied with Russia and the response from the media was that Trump appeared “weak”. We can’t even acknowledge reality.
“He said there’s not a country in the world that uses it now.”
Sweden does, and probably other EU contries aswell.
Canada does, and all we have to do is request a ballot be mailed to us (in or out of country).
Some US states do this as well. Here in Colorado they mail you your ballot a few weeks before election day as the default. You are able to mail it back, but most people drop them off at secure boxes around town on their own time. You can still vote in person but its way more of a pain in the ass to do, idk why anyone would. Mailed ballots are far better
I can’t ever imagine going back to filling out a ballot at the polling location. It’s so much easier to do at home, when you can take time to actually research all eleventy-billion candidates for federal and state and county and city, then props and measures and…
Voting isn’t like a test, where the questions are unknown before you get your hands on it. Sample ballots are available well before you go to vote, allowing you to research all the candidates and ballot issues as much as you want, before showing up at a polling location.
And as far as I’m aware, every state lets you bring a “cheat sheet” with you, in case you don’t remember who you preferred for city council position #5 when you looked up the candidates last week.
I spend a day or two making my cheat sheet so that I don’t have to figure out what all the down-ballot stuff is the day of.
And with mail in ballots, you can just put a stamp on that cheat sheet and your job is done. No need to stand in line and re-copy everything again.
This is one of the most terminally online things I’ve ever seen…
If anyone reading this is stressed about voting in person (and don’t have a viable mail-in option), you need to know that your anxiety is completely unfounded. You will be just fine, trust me.
If the first time you’re seeing the candidates/issues is when you step into a voting booth, you’re doing it wrong.
Washington State uses only mail voting, it’s fantastic. You get your ballot in the mail, a voter booklet with candidate statements, and you can use a drop box or USPS to return your ballot. Then you can check your ballot status online and get a text when your ballot is received! It’s wonderful when your state actually wants people to vote
republicans only do it in person, thats probably why the gop banks on thier votes, and they dont voter suppress thier districts either, they do it in a democratic county though.
Tons of Republicans voted by mail in 2020
I have seen a lot of Republican states making it harder for voting
remember densantis, when red districts were hit hard by a natural disaster, he had voting booths stationed all over the place, but none in blue areas.
In Switzerland about 90% of people submit their votes by mail.
Poland have it. After you regiester, the national mailmen will come to your house on electiin day, but you vote in the sealed envelope and hand-deliver it to the balot box… Becouse, you know, disabled people exist. They have the right to vote. Any system that doesnt create the real opportunity to vote for people that have the right to vote is not democratic.
We all are going to be disabled at some point.
Same for uk
Germany too
Australia does too
Portugal does it too.
Spain does
He meant among the countries with fair elections. You know…Russia…North Korea…did I say Russia?
Belgium does as well
Some places allow online voting (Estonia) and one of my municipalities, even pre-covid!
The US uses it, too
HEY TRUMP, PUTIN SAYS RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
Just to provide some non-sarcastic comments mail-in voting is a source of liberty and democracy for the citizens of the United States. It is a stalwart safeguard against being bullied and harassed at the polls.
Don’t you feel better when you’re protected by ICE at the polls and they make sure you’re not accidentally voting while looking un-American?
It also protects against intentionally underfunding polling locations in minority areas to suppress votes. No one should ever need to learn the phrase “if you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line”, because voting backups shouldn’t exist in the first place.
Oh! Well, if Putler says it, I guess it’s right, then.
Trump is such a bitch.
My question is why the fuck would Trump and Putin be talking about elections during a negotiation for peace for a country being attacked who isn’t even present.
Because Trump can’t stay on one subject for more than about 30 seconds. He was probably rambling while Putin nodded along.
Why would Putin get a red carpet treatment from the US in the first place? Putin and Trump announced to the world they are now allies.
This means we absolutely SHOULD have mail-in voting. Basically take anything putin and drump say and do the opposite and you’ll be correct.
Two obituaries I can’t wait to read.
Kinda bummed nobody tried something. In a country with so many guns you think there would a single rebel in this death star of a country. Not even some rogue canadian.
Taking advice from Putin on “an honest election”. Trump is openly looking to take away people’s rights.
Fucking traitor.
What a fucking demented weakling.
