2026-08-18
Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary. This was confirmed by voting records and the White House. Trump has previously voted by mail, including in 2020 and in a March Florida special election, while publicly criticizing mail-in voting and making claims about election fraud connected to the practice. In March he also issued an order aimed at curbing mail voting.
All three outlets report the same core fact: Trump voted by mail despite his public opposition to the practice. The divergence lies in how explicitly each outlet characterizes his prior statements. The New York Times notes he has 'railed against' mail voting and 'equated it to cheating,' presenting his rhetoric with some editorializing but stopping short of directly labeling his claims false. The Guardian more directly states his claims of election fraud are 'false' and adds context about his executive order to restrict mail voting. PBS NewsHour goes furthest in fact-checking, directly stating Trump has been 'spreading falsehoods about mail voting fraud' and citing court records and studies showing fraud in mail voting is rare.
Coverage highlights the apparent contradiction between Trump's mail-in vote and his past rhetoric against the practice, with outlets noting his history of claiming, without evidence, that mail voting enables fraud.
Each election, tens of millions of Americans vote by mail, and evidence from court records and studies shows only a tiny fraction of those ballots are fraudulent.
The president also voted by mail in 2020 and in a Florida special election in March, even as he has railed against the practice and equated it to cheating.
President, who has decried mail-in ballots amid false claims of election fraud, issued March order to curb voting by mail Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, Politico reports, citing Palm Beach county voting records. The White House has confirmed the president’s mail-in vote…
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