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Donald Trump: “We're the only country that votes by mail, essentially.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Trump addresses House Republicans at the Trump-Kennedy Center

Published | Video Starts at 53:23

You just have to explain it to your people, your 39 million people that, by the way, don't vote by mail. They vote on paper ballots. They tried voting by mail and there was fraud all over the country. We're the only country that votes by mail, essentially. You know that, right? You know, speaker, that's another thing. We're the only country that's stupid enough to vote by mail. Even Jimmy Carter's commission said, don't do it. (53:23–53:27)

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Asserts that the U.S. is unique in its widespread use of mail-in voting.

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