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(CNN)While President Donald Trump has continuously railed against voting by mail, a Republican National Committee robocall in April voiced by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump said voting by mail could be done "safely and securely."
The call was sent in support of Republican Mike Garcia in California's 25th US House District special election, the race for the seat previously held by Democratic Rep. Katie Hill. California's election was done almost entirely by mail after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in March that required every voter to be mailed a ballot.
It was one of three RNC robocalls identified by CNN's KFile in which Lara Trump and the President's son Donald Trump Jr. urged voters to vote by mail in special elections since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic
"Nancy Pelosi and liberal Democrats are counting on you to sit on the sidelines this election, but you can prove them wrong. You can safely and securely vote for Mike Garcia by returning your mail in ballot by May 12," Lara Trump said in the April robocall following a disclaimer it was sponsored by the Republican National Committee. Garcia went on to win the special election, defeating Democratic State Assemblywoman Christy Smith.
A copy of the call was found by CNN's KFile archived on the website of Nomorobo, an application that blocks robocalls and also tracks them online.
"He's counting on you to return your ballot by Election Day, Tuesday, May 12. Don't let him down. Remember your mail-in ballot is arriving soon. Make your vote count for Mike Garcia and get it in the mail by Tuesday, May 12," Lara Trump adds in the call.
Since March, the President has continuously opposed efforts to increase voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic while making false claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud. He repeatedly also alleged, without evidence, Democrats were trying to rig the special election in California by adding an additional in-person voting location for Election Day.
As recently as Friday, he tweeted, "Mail-In Ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 Election."
Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Ahrens told CNN's KFile in an email on Monday the RNC was against Democratic attempts to eliminate "existing safeguards," saying that automatically mailing ballots to voters would result in inactive and dead voters receiving ballots.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/kfile-lara-trump-rnc-robocall/index.html
(CNN)While President Donald Trump has continuously railed against voting by mail, a Republican National Committee robocall in April voiced by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump said voting by mail could be done "safely and securely."
The call was sent in support of Republican Mike Garcia in California's 25th US House District special election, the race for the seat previously held by Democratic Rep. Katie Hill. California's election was done almost entirely by mail after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in March that required every voter to be mailed a ballot.
It was one of three RNC robocalls identified by CNN's KFile in which Lara Trump and the President's son Donald Trump Jr. urged voters to vote by mail in special elections since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic
"Nancy Pelosi and liberal Democrats are counting on you to sit on the sidelines this election, but you can prove them wrong. You can safely and securely vote for Mike Garcia by returning your mail in ballot by May 12," Lara Trump said in the April robocall following a disclaimer it was sponsored by the Republican National Committee. Garcia went on to win the special election, defeating Democratic State Assemblywoman Christy Smith.
A copy of the call was found by CNN's KFile archived on the website of Nomorobo, an application that blocks robocalls and also tracks them online.
"He's counting on you to return your ballot by Election Day, Tuesday, May 12. Don't let him down. Remember your mail-in ballot is arriving soon. Make your vote count for Mike Garcia and get it in the mail by Tuesday, May 12," Lara Trump adds in the call.
Since March, the President has continuously opposed efforts to increase voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic while making false claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud. He repeatedly also alleged, without evidence, Democrats were trying to rig the special election in California by adding an additional in-person voting location for Election Day.
As recently as Friday, he tweeted, "Mail-In Ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 Election."
Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Ahrens told CNN's KFile in an email on Monday the RNC was against Democratic attempts to eliminate "existing safeguards," saying that automatically mailing ballots to voters would result in inactive and dead voters receiving ballots.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/kfile-lara-trump-rnc-robocall/index.html