Padilla Statement on Trump Attacking Mail-in Voting

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and California’s former Secretary of State, issued the following statement after President Trump attacked mail-in voting and America’s election systems:

“Donald Trump is now taking advice on voter suppression from a murderous dictator who rigs elections, jails political opponents, and persecutes dissent. Trump knows the MAGA agenda is unpopular: raising your grocery prices and hiking up your health care premiums, all while handing out tax breaks to billionaires. So he’s resorting to desperate schemes to cling to power.

“Even his preferred news outlets, Newsmax and Fox News, have been forced to answer for pushing conspiracies about voting machines. They admitted what Trump won’t — he lost the 2020 election, and mail-in voting is secure. Fortunately, Trump doesn’t have the power to unilaterally end mail-in voting. But Congress must stand up for free and fair elections as he continues his assault on our democracy.”