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Trump says Democrats must cheat to win. What do his supporters think?

NPR Topics: News·@FrankLangfitt·7 months ago
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Frank Langfitt President Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference at Trump National Doral Miami on March 9 in Doral, Fla. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption HARRISBURG, Pa. — This week and in last month's State of the Union address, President Trump accused Democrats of planning to cheat in upcoming elections. "They want to cheat," said Trump during the State of the Union, providing no evidence. "Their policy is so bad that the only way they can get elected is to cheat, and we're going to stop it." NPR spent several days traveling across a pair of swing congressional districts in Pennsylvania — the 10th and the 7th — to find out what people think of the president's claim ahead of the midterms. Nearly every Republican disagreed with the president. They said Democrats could win fair and square and dismissed the idea of mass voter fraud.…

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