REPORT: Trump gives update on threat to defund Michigan over mail-in ballots
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President Trump says he’s unlikely to make good on a threat to withdraw funds from states including Michigan over their promotion of mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.
“They’ll be finding out very soon if it’s necessary. I don’t think it’s going to be necessary,” Trump told reporters at the White House Wednesday afternoon.
The article goes on to state the following:
Trump said he “just spoke with” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, about flooding in the state, but not specifically about his threat. Trump is scheduled to visit Michigan on Thursday, but is not slated to meet Whitmer, whose name has been floated as a potential vice president pick for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
WATCH:
President Trump appears to walk back his threat from earlier today to withhold funds for Michigan over its expansion of mail-in voting, saying he doesn’t think it will be “necessary” https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/qmt0q7LcMP
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 20, 2020
White House Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany answered questions about Trump’s tweeted threat:
WH Press Sec. McEnany declined to answer questions on what Trump believed was illegal about Michigan’s absentee ballot policies.
Instead she reiterated his unfounded claims of “a lot of fraud that is potentially at play when you have mass mail-in voting“ https://t.co/WWhY6Y299x pic.twitter.com/s4lc7tOEZI
— POLITICO (@politico) May 20, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer commented on the tweet:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it was disheartening to see Trump threaten to withhold funding over the state’s vote-by-mail efforts.
“We’ve got to take politics out of this crisis moment,” she said https://t.co/B08Agp8yOR pic.twitter.com/Ay6gMIkl3v
— POLITICO (@politico) May 20, 2020
President Trump threatened to withhold federal money for Michigan over the state’s plan to expand mail-in voting, the latest Republican move to try to undo steps aimed at making it safer to vote during the pandemic https://t.co/mH11bv4EER pic.twitter.com/2UM9w2JcZw
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 20, 2020
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