Postmaster shocks with honesty about Trump's anti-mail ballot scheme

Well, yesterday, in an absolutely jaw -dropping exchange, Democratic Senator Gary Peters of Michigan asked Trump Postmaster General about one of those executive orders, one that Trump signed in March to create a federal database of eligible voters.It not only required states to share voter information, it also empowered the U .S.Postal Service to be the gatekeeper of who is able to vote by mail.And that's exactly what Senator Peters got Trump's Postmaster General to admit on the record yesterday.

If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal rule?

Under our proposed regulation, no.We would tell the state that we need the manifest in order to...

You know, look, what we're asking for...That's the answer.You'd tell no.So the proposed rule basically coerces states to conform to these new requirements and hand over their absentee voter rolls or face the consequences of not being able to vote by mail.

All right, folks, sit with that for just a second.If you're not on Trump's administration's list, you can't cast your vote by mail.And if your state doesn't bend the knee or some other state body part, then nobody can vote by mail.That is Donald Trump's vision of democracy.But today, We actually got some good news on that front.Yes, there is a calvary out there.

Just this afternoon, a federal judge struck down that executive order restricting vote by mail.And that decision came just one day after a different federal judge blocked another executive order intended to restrict voting, one requiring proof of citizenship, like your birth certificate, just to register to vote.Now, as the judge in that case passed,out, the Constitution does not grant the president any specific powers over elections.Just a little constitutional law for you there.Yep.

Donald Trump, 101.Come on.You can't do it.