Republican operatives working to boost Donald Trump in critical swing states like Pennsylvania are finding themselves increasingly hampered by his own rhetoric on mail-in voting.
Despite the ex-president seeking the White House for a third time, he is once again casting doubt on US election procedures and sabotaging his own voters’ trust in voting systems.
The Independent reported just last week how Trump-aligned influencers and operatives are already deployed across battleground states urging voters to sign up for mail-in ballots if they fear they will not be able to vote in person for whatever reason.
But Politico reported on Sunday that some of those operatives are growing increasingly frustrated with the rhetoric coming from the top of the ticket.
For months, Trump has cast doubt on early voting and mail-in votingin particular. He has baselessly derided ballot dropboxes, a commonly used practice, as epicenters of fraud, and he has told his supporters that opening up voting months in advance is …