Trump specifically said in a speech to a conservative group Breakthrough action Friday in Florida: “Christians, get out and vote, just this once. You don't have to do it again.” “In four years, you won't have to vote again. We'll set it up nicely, and you won't have to vote.”
They are ambiguous statements that can be interpreted in different ways. Democratic politicians took it as a veiled warning with authoritarian overtones. This is the case of Adam Schiff from California and Pramila Jayapal from Washington.
“This year, democracy is (at risk) and if we want to save it, we must vote against autocracy,” X wrote first on the network, “This is terrible. We cannot allow this.” X wrote the second, also on the network.
The question of the future of American democracy has been a constant thread in the Democratic campaign. Biden, after all, tried to focus his spears on this particular point before abandoning the fight for re-election.
Here's what the Trump campaign had to say about it
The Trump campaign was consulted by the media about those comments , He responded in a statement in which he was not specifically addressed. “He was talking about unifying the country and bringing prosperity to every American, in contrast to the divisive political environment that caused so much division and resulted in the assassination attempt,” spokesman Steven Cheung was quoted as saying. Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
This is not the first time Trump has made such comments. According to the report Washington Post, He did so in reports a few weeks ago that Trump is interested in getting Christian voters to vote for him in these elections, because it is among them in particular that he wants to ensure victory.
“Do you know the power you have if you vote? (…) You have to vote just this one time. I don't care, don't vote in four years. OK? In four years, don't vote, I won't bother at that time (…) We ironed everything out well.” Let's put it, so it's going to be very different,” he said at the organization's events. Alliance of Faith and Freedom in Washington, with words that lend themselves to different interpretations.
The newspaper says the votes of Christians, and especially evangelicals, are important to Trump because in previous elections they represented a third of the former president's support.
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