After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vote” in the midterm elections.
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In the past, the president has called for “long-term prison sentences” for election “cheaters” and made unfounded claims about widespread voter fraud. Since he took office last year, he’s attempted to limit mail-in voting, despite his repeated use of mail ballots to cast his own votes in elections.
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At the unusual two-day gathering, Trump led the Republican National Convention crowd in a repeat-after-me pledge to “the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can’t even breathe.”
His speech closed out the first-ever GOP convention held before high-stakes November contests, which will determine which party controls Congress for the next two years.
“You know what happens if you don’t vote?” Trump asked the crowd. “You go to hell.”
