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Trump Pleads With Voters to ‘Pretend’ He’s on the Ballot in Midterms as He Doubles Down on $5000 Payment
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What happenedTrump Pleads With Voters to ‘Pretend’ He’s on the Ballot in Midterms as He Doubles Down on $5000 Payment.
The headline splitMediaite frames it as "Trump Pleads With Voters to ‘Pretend’ He’s on the Ballot in Midterms as He Doubles Down o...". The Right Scoop frames it as "BREAKING VIDEO – Trump just asked voters to PRETEND he’s on the ballot and to GO VOTE".
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Right / center-rightBREAKING VIDEO – Trump just asked voters to PRETEND he’s on the ballot and to GO VOTE
BREAKING VIDEO – Trump just asked voters to PRETEND he’s on the ballot and to GO VOTE
This isn’t the $5k Trump dividend video from this morning. That’s here. No, this is a separate video where President Trump is asking voters to pretend he’s on the ballot and to...
Trump Pleads With Voters to ‘Pretend’ He’s on the Ballot in Midterms as He Doubles Down on $5000 Payment
doubles down
President Trump posted a series of videos to Truth Social on Saturday, doubling down on his promise of $5,000 checks to voters if Republicans win the midterms. The post Trump Pleads With Vo...
