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Trump repeats identical pledge script two weeks later, now warning nonvoters they'll face hell.

“They get you to raise your hand and promise loyalty like it's your idea, then wire the exact same script back two weeks later with hell nailed on top — that's not spirit, that's a leash with a new knot. Meanwhile the guy running the ballot fight can't get the mail stopped, so they send agents to comb the voter rolls instead, and somehow there's always money for the hunt, just never for the counting.”
Sal
“Look, a president rallying his own supporters to vote is just good citizenship, that's the whole story, totally spontaneous, every single time he says it — hold on, he told Trey Gowdy the identical line two weeks before this? Okay, fine, it's a message he believes in, so naturally he repeats it, that's discipline, not a script, and if it sounds like a script that's only because it happens to be true twice.”
Chip

The receipts

Democrats are running an average of 11.5 points ahead of their 2024 baseline across 2026 special elections MultiState Elections, 2026 special-election tracking

Trump pleads with voters to pretend he is on the ballot: ‘You’ve gotta do this for me’
Washington Examinerright§

President Donald Trump reiterated his wish for Republican voters to pretend he is on the ballot for the midterm elections, which he called “one of the most important elections.” Trump closed out the Republican Party’s two-day midterm convention in a rambling speech Thursday night, urging Republicans to “get out and vote” this November.

Trump leads convention in pledge: 'You go to h---’ if you don’t vote
The Hillmainstream§

President Trump closed out the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday by urging attendees to pledge to go out and vote in November’s midterm elections. “Please raise your right hand,” Trump told a stadium packed with his supporters as he was met with some laughter.

· Trump tells voters ahead of midterms: 'Pretend I'm on the ballot' from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026

· Trump's War on Mail-in Voting is Hitting a Brick Wall—But the Danger is Far From Over from the morgue, 6 Sep 2026

· Trump 'Laying the Groundwork for Election Meddling' With DHS Hunt for Noncitizen Voters from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026

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