Trump blasts early voting: ‘Many things can go wrong’

Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for restricting voting rights.

Stumping for Louisiana Senate candidate John Kennedy, Trump urged supporters to help elect the Republican state treasurer to the U.S. Senate, a victory that would give the GOP a 52-48 majority in the upper chamber.


But the president-elect also recalled seeing extremely long lines in Florida during the state’s early voting period ahead of Election Day, suggesting “many things can go wrong” with so much time allocated to allow citizens to vote.

“They had that long early voting in Florida. It’s so long, and so many things can go wrong when you have that long period of time, right?” Trump told the crowd in Baton Rouge. “That long, long, long period. Used to be you’d have a day, you vote. Now you’re going forever. Weeks and weeks.”

Trump said he was in Florida when he asked, “Wow, what’s happening over there?” at the sight of one line.

“I thought it was like a big movie,” he told the crowd. “They said: ‘No, sir, that’s voting. They’re voting.’”

Trump said they were “voting like really early.” “And we have to discuss that early thing,” he continued. “That’s sort of — so many things are going on. So many things.”

The president-elect, who continually suggested throughout his campaign that the election was rigged against him, added that he’s curious about what occurs when early voting precincts are “locked.”

“I wonder what happens during the evenings when those places are ‘locked,’ right?” Trump said, using air quotes. “But the Democrats were the people who’d say, ‘Donald Trump is criticizing the foundations of our country.’ Give me a break. Give me a break. Give me a break.”