President Donald Trump defended voting by mail in a special election for a Florida state house seat this week, despite calling for a ban on the practice.
Trump was asked about his decision to utilize the practice during a televised Cabinet meeting on Thursday at the White House.
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“I did, you know what, because I’m president of the United States, and because of the fact that I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida,” the president answered when asked during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting about how he voted. “I felt I should be here instead of being in the beautiful sunshine.”
“I decided that I was going to vote by mail-in ballot because I couldn’t be there, because I had a lot of different things,” he continued. “But you know, we have exceptions for mail-in ballots.”
The president said his
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