Trump calls mail-in voting 'cheating' days after voting by mail himself in Florida

At a crime taskforce roundtable in Memphis, Tennessee, President Trump stated: "Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all." This statement came just days after Trump himself cast a mail-in ballot in a Florida special election in Palm Beach County on March 18, 2026. PolitiFact rated the claim that mail-in voting equals cheating as "Pants on Fire," their rating for the most egregious falsehoods. Trump made these remarks while pushing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to restrict mail-in voting nationally, despite having used the method himself multiple times in Florida. Multiple news outlets noted the hypocrisy of Trump condemning a voting method he actively uses.

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all." — Spoken at a crime taskforce roundtable in Memphis, Tennessee, while advocating for the SAVE America Act to restrict mail-in voting nationally.