Trump says more than he intended while slamming voting rights bill
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump appeared on Fox Business this week and was asked about recent developments on Capitol Hill. Predictably, the former president complained that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is "a disaster," condemned the popular new infrastructure law, and whined that Republicans didn't go far enough to threaten the United States with default before raising the debt ceiling.
But before moving on, Trump also emphasized what he saw as his most pressing concern.
"And we have a bigger problem, because they have a so-called voting rights bill, which is a voting rights for Democrats, because Republicans will never be elected again if that happens, if that passes."
The on-air comments came on the heels of a related written statement from two weeks ago in which he said the Freedom to Vote Act would "make it almost impossible for Republicans to get elected in the future."
Donald Trump appeared on Fox Business this week and was asked about recent developments on Capitol Hill. Predictably, the former president complained that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is "a disaster," condemned the popular new infrastructure law, and whined that Republicans didn't go far enough to threaten the United States with default before raising the debt ceiling.
But before moving on, Trump also emphasized what he saw as his most pressing concern.
"And we have a bigger problem, because they have a so-called voting rights bill, which is a voting rights for Democrats, because Republicans will never be elected again if that happens, if that passes."
The on-air comments came on the heels of a related written statement from two weeks ago in which he said the Freedom to Vote Act would "make it almost impossible for Republicans to get elected in the future."
Trump knows that the republican can't win if they don't cheat.