Jeffries bashes Trump as hypocrite for voting by mail: ‘King-like behavior’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) bashed President Trump on Tuesday for voting by mail while simultaneously fighting to prevent others from doing the same.

“For years, Donald Trump has been railing against voting by mail, only to turn around and vote by mail in the special election that’s taking place today in Florida,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “That’s king-like behavior.”

Trump has a long history of criticizing mail-in balloting, claiming without evidence that it leads to widespread election fraud. Yet Trump voted by mail in a special election on Tuesday for a statehouse seat representing Palm Beach County, the home of Trump’s Mar-o-Lago resort and residence.

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