President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday morning to withhold funds from the state of Nevada because of "illegal" voting.
Jeremy Chen reports.
FUNDING.ON TWITTER PRESIDENT TRUMPCALLING NEVADA'S MOSTLY MAIL-INBALLOT JUNE PRIMARY ..."ILLEGAL."13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMYCHEN IS LIVE WITH REACTION FROMSTATE OFFICIALS AND A U-N-L-VPROFESSOR ABOUT THE LEGALCHALLENGES FACING THIS ISSUE.PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETGARNERING A LOT OF REACTIONFROM ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE INNEVADA.AS FAR AS WHETHER HE CANWITHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING TO OURSTATE- THE PROFESSOR I SPOKEWITH SAYS NO.JUNE'S MOSTLY MAIL PRIMARYELECTION HAS THE PRESIDENTTHREATENING TOWITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING-TWEETING IT WOULD CREATE "AGREAT VOTER FRAUD SCENARIO" ANDTELLING STATE OFFICIALS "YOUMUST NOT CHEAT IN ELECTIONS."IT'S LED TO A FLURRY OFREACTION FROM NEVADA DEMOCRATS.SENATOR CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTOSNAPPING BACK AT THE PRESIDENTWITH HER TWEET- SUGGESTING THEPRESIDENT INGESTEDBLEACH...FURTHER IMPAIRING HISJUDGEMENT- AND CRITICIZING HISTHREAT AS "OUTRAGEOUS".ALL THIS BACK AND FORTH BEGSTHE QUESTION- CAN THE PRESIDENTWITH-HOLD FUNDING?
U-N-L-VPUBLIC POLICY PROFESSOR ROBERTLANG SAYS IT WOULD BEUNCONSTITUTIONAL."THE STATES UNDER THE TENTHAMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION,THE ABILITY TO DECIDE HOW THEYCHOOSE ELECTED OFFICIALSINCLUDING THE PRESIDENT." DR.LANG SAYS ONLY THE SUPREMECOURT COULD WEIGH IN ON SUCHMATTERS- IF A LEGAL CHALLENGEWENT THAT FAR."THAT WOULD BE MANY MONTHS FROMNOW, IT WOULD BE AFTER THEIF A LEGAL CHALLENGE WENT THATFAR."THAT WOULD BE MANY MONTHS FROMNOW, IT WOULD BE AFTER THEELECTION." SECRETARY OF STATEBARBARA CEGAVSKE ANNOUNCED INMARCH- THE JUNE PRIMARYELECTION WOULD BE MOSTLY DONETHROUGH MAIL-IN BALLOTS- ADECISION MADE DUE TO THECOVID-19 PANDEMIC.HER DECISION RESULTED IN LEGALCHALLENGES- WITH A FEDERALJUDGE REFUSING TO BLOCK THEMAIL-IN PRIMARY.CEGAVSKE, A REPUBLICAN,RELEASED A STATEMENT THROUGHHER OFFICE SAYING IN PART: "FOROVER A CENTURY, NEVADANS,INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THEMILITARY, CITIZENS RESIDINGOUTSIDE THE STATE, VOTERS INDESIGNATED MAILING PRECINCTS,AND VOTERS REQUESTING ABSENTEEBALLOTS, HAVE BEEN VOTING BYMAIL WITH NO EVIDENCE OFELECTION FRAUD.ALL 17 COUNTIES HAVEESTABLISHED PROCESSES ANDPROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR SAFEAND SECURE MAIL-IN VOTING." DR.LANG SAYS TRUMP'S TWEET MAYALIENATE INDEPENDENT VOTERS-WITH THE THREATS TO WITHHOLDFUNDING DURING THE PANDEMIC."THEY COULD MAKE THEIR MINDS UPREAL QUICKLY IF THEY THOUGHTTHEIR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ANDTHEIR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WEREBEING CHEATED OF FEDERAL AID."THE REPUBLICAN NATIONALCOMMITTEE HAS DEMANDED ANINVESTIGATION INTONEVADA'S PRIMARY.COMING UP AT SIX-WE'LL TAKE ACLOSER LOOK AT PRESIDENTTRUMP'S CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUDWITH MAIL-IN BALLOTS.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.DEVELOPING TONIGHT..AT LEAST "373" PE
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