Trump Wants Florida To Stop Counting Votes, Potentially Excluding Military Ballots

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Source: Business Insider

President Donald Trump on Monday called on Florida to stop counting votes and declare Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis as the winners of the gubernatorial and US Senate races in the state. But if Florida stopped counting votes now, it would potentially exclude ballots from overseas and military voters.

Trump on Monday tweeted, "The Florida Election should be called in favor of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere, and many ballots are missing or forged. An honest vote count is no longer possible-ballots massively infected. Must go with Election Night!"

<Read more: Trump says 'honest' election no longer possible in Florida, demands election be called for Republicans>

Florida accepts mail-in ballots from overseas and military voters up until November 16 as long as they were postmarked by Election Day, which was November 6. If Florida listened to Trump, some of these voters could effectively be disenfranchised.

Trump on Monday tweeted, "The Florida Election should be called in favor of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere, and many ballots are missing or forged. An honest vote count is no longer possible-ballots massively infected. Must go with Election Night!" --More...

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-florida-military-voters-2018-11?r=UK&IR=T

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Mail-in ballots from overseas and military voters are accepted in Florida up until November 16, as long as postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 6. If Florida listened to Trump, some of these voters could effectively be disenfranchised.

- HAPPY VETERANS DAY!?! -

[Rhiannon12866]

1. We've been there before...

[Siwsan]

2. He wants people to think he's smart, too. We see how well that's going.

[Racerdog1]

3. Only two morons in Florida listening

pRick Scott and Ron DeSuckass. The orange plague needs to shut his fucking pie hole.

[2naSalit]

4. Know what I figured out?

That every orifice on that POS is a shithole.

[iscooterliberally]

8. As Bill Maher said the other night....

...'He talks out of his ass and shit comes out of his mouth'.

[2naSalit]

15. I saw that...

and it's true.

[DownriverDem]

5. Who cares what trump thinks?

Count the damn votes Florida!

[AlexSFCA]

6. I think it's a wishful thinking military memebrs will continue to support gop

[pazzyanne]

19. This is tRump's way of supporting the military?

Disgusting POS!

[Javaman]

7. bottomline: trump got the shit kicked out of him in the midterms

and now he wants to screw even more people over by taking away their vote just so he can claim a win.

fuck this piece of shit.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Any military person who supports him now needs his head examined as

much as the fake prez himself.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. They are so thoroughly brainwashed to support Republicans,

not sure now if they would be willing to sacrifice their own children if the GOP called for it.

[Ferretherder]

21. They DO offer to sacrifice their own children...

...in every repuglican instigated and funded military conflict!

[PSPS]

10. Better yet, just don't count any votes that aren't KGOP!!111!!! Amirite?

[red dog 1]

11. Shut the fuck up, Donnie!

"Stopping the vote count in Florida"....Isn't that how "W" became POTUS in 2000?

[Baitball Blogger]

12. The man is nuts. His desparation is truly shocking.

He does know that Florida already has legal precedent for counting all the votes, right? Bush v. Gore What is he finding in those military votes? That even the military don't want him?

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Why is Buisness Insider even wringing its hands and giving credibility to this nonsensical request

as if he has any power to tell a state to "halt" anything.

[paleotn]

16. How could a "missing" ballot show up?

Get a court order or STFU Donnie.

[George II]

17. I want trump to stop being president, I have a better chance of my wish coming true than his.

[lastlib]

18. Commander Comb-over can proceed with self-fornication.

He "loves" the military--but not enough to let servicemembers vote..........

[Rocky888]

20. While our "liberal media" stays silent on the many ways

Trump chose to disrespect our veterans and active military members on Veterans Day holiday weekend overseas and here at home.

If any democrat president behaved this way, our “liberal media” would have demanded an apology while calling them traitors.

Also, it is very suspicious how his whole attitude toward our military changed after his secret meeting with his boss Putin over in Paris....

Maybe he is having Putin’s men spy on our military to find out where their loyalty is and he didn’t like what he heard. Trump can not tolerate anyone who puts country before trump.

[onetexan]

22. All of our military men and women need to keep this in mind about this illegitimate POTUS for 2020

- that he is a draft dodger
- that he is an imminent threat to our country which they've put their lives on the line for everyday
- that he is continually attempting to stifle their votes and does not want their votes to be counted when it doesn't serve him and his highly corrupt administration's agenda
- that he is a traitor because of his close relationship with our nation's adversary #1: Putin

I come from a family of vets leading back to the civil war. Serving your country is the ultimate honor and sacrifice. Keep this in mind when you vote in 2020.