“As highest ranking woman elected official in New York and on behalf of Susan B. Anthony’s legacy we demand Trump rescind his pardon,” Ms. Hochul wrote on Twitter. On Tuesday, surrounded by several female supporters, Mr. Trump declared that “women dominate the United States” and complained that the coronavirus pandemic had darkened the economic picture for women. The announcement also provided Mr. Trump with another opportunity to preemptively question the results of the election in November should Americans opt for mail-in voting. When asked by reporters about the concept of mail-in voting, Mr. Trump attacked the practice, falsely claiming that dogs and cats received ballots to vote en masse. “You can’t take millions of ballots, send them haphazardly all over the country or all over the state, and expect it to come out properly,” Mr. Trump said.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2020 13:28 UTC