Trump Threatened to Withhold Funds from Michigan over Mail-in Voting
Trump calls plans for expanded mail-in voting in Michigan illegal, without citing a specific law, and threatened to withhold funding to the state – the latest Republican move to try to undo steps aimed at making it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson: “To me, it is also a reflection of what will be happening in our state in the months ahead, which is an effort to misinform and confuse voters about their rights in the state.” Aired on 05/20/2020.
Trump fulfills ‘cartoonishly evil’ hypothetical; threatens
Rachel Maddow replays testimony from Stanford Law Professor Pamela Karlan at a Donald Trump impeachment hearing in which she describes a hypothetical situation in which Donald Trump attempts to extort political favors from a state in need of emergency funding, a situation that Trump has managed to make real. Aired on 5/20/2020.
Trump Threatens To Withhold Funding For Michigan Because They Expanded Voting Access
Trump is furious that the swing state of Michigan has mailed out absentee ballot applications to all 7.7 million residents in the state, meaning that we could see record turnout from Michigan in November. In an angry and factually incorrect tweet, Trump said that he would consider withholding federal funding for the state of Michigan as a result of this, but he’s said nothing about the multiple red states who have done the exact same thing.
