So why did the president of the United States do it?
Why did Donald Trump, in broad daylight, with cameras rolling, suggest that the good people of North Carolina vote twice?
He knew full well that this would cause a media freakout, that journalists and pundits would rise up in unison and denounce him for promoting such a blatantly illegal act.
And that was precisely the point.
Had Trump merely issued his 130th warning about mail ballot fraud, it wouldn’t have made much news, maybe one paragraph in a story. But he knows from long experience that when he crosses the line, goes over the top, the resulting furor can last several days, even a week, getting the media and political world chattering about the very issue he wants to spotlight.
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