Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told President Trump to “cut the crap” after the president floated holding a new election in Arizona due to alleged election fraud in the tight race between Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally.
“Just out — in Arizona, SIGNATURES DON’T MATCH. Electoral corruption – Call for a new Election? We must protect our Democracy!” Trump tweeted Friday afternoon.
Schumer responded: “Mr. President: Every voter is entitled to vote whether they agree with you or not. Democracy is stronger than you are. Cut the crap.”
Mr. President: Every voter is entitled to vote whether they agree with you or not. Democracy is stronger than you are. Cut the crap. https://t.co/VZeIUSqgOB
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 9, 2018
McSally held an early lead as the votes were tallied, but the race flipped in Sinema’s favor late Thursday. Sinema had more than 9,000 votes over McSally as of Friday morning with an estimated 400,000 ballots still to be counted, according to the Arizona Republic.
Earlier in the day on Friday, the Arizona Republican Party accused the Maricopa County recorder Adrian Fontes of “premeditated destruction of evidence” after “voting irregularities” were discovered.
Republicans are suing Fontes and other county recorders over the verification of signatures on some early ballots. Fontes has said verifying the signatures assures that all legitimate votes are tallied, but Republicans argued that other county recorders don’t try to verify ballots with mismatched signatures past Election Day, the Arizona Republic reports.
According to the Associated Press, state law requires the envelope of a mailed ballot to be signed and sealed, and for elections officials to match each signature with the one listed in the voter’s registration file before opening the envelope.
