First, an important disclaimer --
I swear this is real. It was tweeted yesterday morning, not four years ago. You can see the date.
Before double-checking everything and being absolutely certain that this was real, a few other possibilities came to mind.
Like, maybe the Trump account was hacked. Or perhaps it was a parody account. Or it turns out that he really does have a profoundly-advanced case of dementia and doesn't know what he was writing. Or he'd had an unreported exorcism. But no, in the end, it's just that the tweet is real. Now, that being said, what would would be cool is if Trump explained why voting by mail in Florida -- and Florida alone -- is safe but others supposedly aren't. After all, not only is that weird on general principle, but of all states to proclaim their voting is "Safe and Secure, Tried and True," this is...freaking Florida. It's just hard to imagine. Providing one has no imagination. I mean, gee, could it possibly be that Trump absolutely, 100% has to win there, because if he doesn't, he hasn't almost no path to win -- and he's far behind at the moment, and the state has a lot of elderly residents who likely will not be going to the polls in November and risk their lives? Oh, hmmmm....?? Man, if anything shows how terrified they are about losing Florida, this may be it. And while we're on such whimsical pronouncements, it turns out that last week emails went out from the Republican Party in Pennsylvania telling its voters in the state that there was now a safe way for them to vote in November, and it's that they can -- are you ready? -- "Vote at home." Yes, really. Not vote by mail or absentee vote, but..."Vote at home." It sounds SO sweet and calm and safe and good. You can now vote at home!! But...but...why in the world would Republicans push that. One wonders if, oh, I don't know, maybe because the GOP discovered in the Pennsylvania Primary back in June that their members had been terrified away from voting by mail because of Trump's anti-mail campaign about how supposedly unsafe it was, and the Pennsylvania GOP made a major push in the last days of the primary to convince Republicans voters that it was actually okay -- and...and because Trump is solidly behind in Pennsylvania which is another Must Win battleground state. There was an old ad campaign in the 1980s for Dry Idea anti-perspirant with the tag line -- "Never let them see you sweat." The sweat is pouring out of Trump and the Republican Party, and we can see it pouring down.
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