Trump Dangerously Claims Nevada Governor Will 'Cheat On The Ballots'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to make dangerously unfounded claims about the legitimacy of the November presidential election by attacking Nevada’s governor and claiming the state will “cheat on the ballots,” warning with no evidence whatsoever that the election will be “rigged.”

“He’ll cheat on the ballots. I have no doubt about it,” Trump said in a call-in session on “Fox & Friends,” referring to Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D). “You’re gonna see something with these ballots. You’re gonna see corruption like you’ve never seen. You’re gonna see a rigged election.”

Trump continues to cast doubt on voting by mail, which many Americans are expected to do this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has spread lies and misinformation about mail-in ballots, including by suggesting that people should vote twice, which is illegal. He also repeatedly suggested he will challenge the legitimacy of the November election.

In making his dangerous insinuations Tuesday, Trump falsely claimed several times Sisolak “is in charge of the ballots.” The state’s secretary of state is in charge of administering elections, as is the case in most U.S. states.

Sisolak has been the source of Trump’s attacks because the governor called Trump’s decision to hold an indoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas — violating the state’s COVID-19 rules — “reckless and selfish.”

“The President appears to have forgotten that this country is still in the middle of a global pandemic,” he wrote on Twitter Sunday night.

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