Former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump raised eyebrows — alarm — when he told MAGA supporters on Friday evening they will only have to vote in the 2024 election — and won’t have to do so again.
After questioning why Catholic and Jewish people would vote Democrat, the president remarked Friday at his rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, that supporters have to “get out and vote.”
“You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.”
Trump, who helped incite the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, already faces questions that he could abuse the Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling to try to retain power.
Friday’s comment stoked those fears.
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“When we say Trump is a threat to democracy, this is exactly what we’re talking about,”
Caty Payette, communications director for Sen. Martin Heinrich, wrote on the social media app X.
“The only reason they wouldn't have to vote again is there would be no more elections. F this wannabe Dictator,” said @A_tothe_Z_Amber.
“ @ProjectLincoln is going to have a field day with this one,” wrote @DecodingFoxNews, referring to the anti-MAGA group.
“He is saying the quiet part out loud,” wrote @pghdlo.