Robocalls from the Republican National Convention recorded by Lara Trump and Donald Trump Jr. encouraged Californians to vote by mail for Mike Garcia in a special election in May for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to CNN, despite the president’s persistent and erroneous claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud.
California held the special election between Garcia and Democratic Rep. Katie Hill in May mainly through mail-in voting, which drew rebukes from President Trump, who has claimed—without evidence—that the practice is both fraudulent and disadvantageous for Republicans. Garcia won.
“Nancy Pelosi and liberal Democrats are counting on you to sit on the sidelines this election, but you can prove them wrong,” said Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, in the robocall. “You can safely and securely vote for Mike Garcia by returning your mail-in ballot by May 12.”
In another call, Trump's son Don Jr. said, “Don’t let us down—remember to return your ballot now. Make your vote count for Republican Mike Garcia and get it in the mail by Tuesday, May 12.”
Trump, who has voted by mail, has claimed since the start of the pandemic that mail-in voting would lead to fraud, accusing Democrats of rigging the California special election because the state added an additional in-person polling location, making for 13 out of a typical 1,000 opened locations.
