Trump says he'll send law enforcement, sheriffs to polling places on Election Day
President Trump is vowing to send law enforcement to polling places during the 2020 presidential election as he continues to make baseless claims about voter fraud and mail-in ballots.
During an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Trump was asked by host Sean Hannity if he's "going to have poll watchers" to help "avoid fraud" during the election. "We're going to have everything," Trump responded. "We're going to have sheriffs, and we're going to have law enforcement, and we're going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we're going to have everybody."
Trump went on to continue to make false claims about mail-in ballots, baselessly speculating that they will be sent only to "Democrat areas" for the November election.
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CNN previously reported that Trump's 2020 campaign was "working to dispatch tens of thousands of election monitors to battleground states" this November, but NBC News notes this Fox News interview was the first time Trump claimed he will try to include law enforcement in this effort. Lawyer Marc E. Elias shot back at Trump that he won't be doing so "without a legal fight." Brendan Morrow
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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
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