U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk.

“Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can’t have an honest election with mail-in voting,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” after a nearly three-hour meeting between the leaders in Alaska. “He said there’s not a country in the world that uses it now.”

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    I miss the days when politicians and presidents at least tried to hide their corruption and shady dealings.

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    Oh, I’m sure that motherfucking PUTIN agrees with Taco on that. How can you scare and intimidate voters if they are able to safely vote from home?

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    “He said there’s not a country in the world that uses it now.”

    Yes, blindly listen to what Putin says and ignore all the countries that do have working mail in voting.

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      That’s… actually surprisingly few. I thought it would be more common.

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      There should probably be another cour on the scale for countries that don’t have voting at all, like black or gray or something.

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      I see at least one state on here that should be yellow. Where did they source their info from? (Edit: sorry I’m on mobile so digging into it would take a while. I can look from my computer later)

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      in France, people abroad can vote online, otherwise you have to present yourself to vote, with paper, in transparent box, and you’re free to participate in the counting

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    Maybe because Russia barely has a functioning road system to even get the votes mailed?

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    Taking advice from Putin on “an honest election”. Trump is openly looking to take away people’s rights.

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    I don’t give a fuck what Putin, or Trump for that matter, says. Fuck them both. They’re lying as usual.

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    Wow. Trump (Krasnov) pushing usa policy with advice (orders) from Putin! Holy shit!

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    This means we absolutely SHOULD have mail-in voting. Basically take anything putin and drump say and do the opposite and you’ll be correct.