Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed Democrats spreading the theory that President Trump is attempting to steal the election by literally stealing mailboxes and hijacking the U.S. Postal Service.
“Democrats have spent the last week outlining a conspiracy so wicked, so brazen and dangerous, it makes Russia look like jaywalking,” Carlson said Monday night in response to a theory pushed by several Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, that Trump is rounding up mailboxes nationwide to alter election results in November.
“The president of the United States is working to eliminate the U.S. mail. Now, Trump isn’t closing the post office. … No, it’s far worse than that and much sneakier. Trump is stealing the mailboxes, driving through Democratic neighborhoods in the middle of the night, tossing them in the back of a station wagon, cackling like the mad man he is,” he continued.
Carlson added: “With no mailboxes, Democrats won’t be able to vote. Donald Trump is stealing the election. And here’s the thing: Democrats can’t call to complain about it. It seems that someone took all the pay phones, too.”
The cable news host went on to argue that Democrats are incorrect to claim that mail-in voting is a “civil rights issue” and challenged the idea that voter fraud is a “myth,” which is a position held by many prominent Democrats.
“They refer to this as ballot access — as if it’s a civil rights issue,” Carlson said. “It is not a civil rights issue. Votes cast by mail are easier to tamper with. The identities of voters who cast them are harder to verify. Mail-in voting makes voter fraud easier. That’s why we haven’t had a lot of it throughout American history, and that’s why Democrats are for it.”
Carlson called it a “lie” to say voter fraud doesn’t exist. He cited several recent cases, including a postal worker in West Virginia pleading guilty to altering ballots, four men in New Jersey standing accused of fraud after tampering with ballots, and reports that 200,000 mail-in ballots in Clark County, Nevada, were returned and declared “undeliverable” in a recent primary election.
The Heritage Foundation recently compiled a list of more than 1,000 documented cases of voter fraud over the past four decades, and it was reported earlier this year that more than 28 million mail-in ballots have gone unaccounted for over the last decade.
Carlson pointed out that several Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former national security adviser Susan Rice, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and Biden, have pushed the theory that Trump is rounding up mailboxes on truck beds to limit voting in certain neighborhoods.
WTH?? https://t.co/N8Wh3icuW9
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) August 14, 2020
“The post office removes mailboxes as a matter of course, and it has for many years,” Carlson said before citing reports that tens of thousands of mailboxes have been removed across the country in recent years, dating back to the Obama administration.
“Making up stories about how Donald Trump steals mailboxes may be ludicrous, but stories like that make America even more paranoid and fearful than it already is,” Carlson added. “And that’s the point. Stories like this prepare voters for the day that the Democrats call in the generals to make Joe Biden president.”
Democrats across the country have been pushing for expanded mail-in voting and in some cases universal mail-in voting, citing coronavirus concerns. Many Republicans, however, have argued the process is susceptible to voter fraud.
Just this week, the Postal Service sent a letter to 46 states warning that it can’t guarantee ballots are returned in time for the election due to recent budget cuts made to prevent the agency from insolvency.
