Trump votes by mail despite blasting mail-in ballots as ‘cheating’ - and Democrats win | News24
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Detected Techniques
Loaded Language
(confidence: 95%)
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Doubt
(confidence: 80%)
Questioning the credibility of a source or claim without providing evidence.
Fact-Check Results
“US President Donald Trump cast his vote by mail in a Florida special election.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Trump voting by mail in a Florida special election.
“Democrat Emily Gregory won the state house race in a district previously represented by a Republican.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Emily Gregory winning a state house race.
“Trump insisted that mail-in voting is more susceptible to fraud.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Trump's statements on mail-in voting fraud.
“US President Donald Trump, who has blasted mail-in ballots as 'cheating', cast his vote by mail in a Tuesday special election in Florida in which a Democrat won the district in the state legislature that includes the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the specific details about Trump's vote and the election outcome.
“Trump, who is pushing for national legislation to enact new regulations on voting, voted by mail ballot in the Palm Beach County election, according to county public records.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Trump voting by mail in Palm Beach County.
“Democrat Emily Gregory won the state house race in a district previously represented by a Republican, US media projected, in the latest vote in recent months which will cause concern for Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Emily Gregory's election and its implications.
“At an event in Memphis, Tennessee on Monday, Trump leaned into his unfounded allegations that mail-in voting is more susceptible to fraud.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Trump's allegations on mail-in voting fraud in Memphis.
“Trump said on Sunday his fellow Republicans should not reach an agreement on funding the Department of Homeland Security until Democrats in Congress approve a bill - the SAVE America Act - that requires people registering to vote to provide proof of US citizenship.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Trump's statement on funding the Department of Homeland Security.
“Trump also pushed for Democratic approval of other items he wants added to the bill, including banning transgender women from women’s sports, outlawing 'transgender mutilation of our children', and restricting mail-in ballots except in cases of illness, disability, military service or travel.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Trump's proposed provisions in the SAVE America Act.
“The White House said Trump is a resident of Palm Beach and participates in Florida elections, but lives primarily at the White House.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about the White House's statement on Trump's residency.
“Routine methods and the decentralised nature of US elections make it very hard to interfere with mailed ballots, experts say.”
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“Election fraud is rare in the US, including in voting by mail.”
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“He voted by absentee ballot in the 2018 midterm elections, a White House spokesperson said at the time.”
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“‘Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we’ve got to do something about it all. And it’s part of Homeland Security,’ Trump said at a roundtable on crime.”
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“The Lincoln Project congratulated Democrat Emily Gregory for winning her Florida State House 87 race. She just flipped a deep-red seat that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.”
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“It was not the first time Trump had voted by mail.”
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“AFP reported that a review by the Brookings Institution of decades of data collated by the right-wing Heritage Foundation turned up only 39 cases of fraud among more than 100 million ballots cast in 32 elections spanning three decades.”
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“Trump had requested an absentee ballot, but decided to vote in person in 2020.”
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“The White House spokesperson stated that the SAVE America Act includes exceptions for mail-in ballots in specific cases but opposes universal mail-in voting due to fraud susceptibility.”
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