Trump Votes by Mail He Calls 'Cheating'

The White House says there is no contradiction. "As President Trump has said, the SAVE America Act has commonsense exceptions for Americans to use mail-in ballots for illness, disability, military, or travel — but universal mail-in voting should not be allowed because it's highly susceptible to fraud," spokeswoman Olivia Wales said in a statement to The Independent.

"As everyone knows, the President is a resident of Palm Beach and participates in Florida elections, but he obviously primarily lives at the White House in Washington, D.C.," Wales said. "This is a non-story."

Conservative outlets agreed with that framing. The Right Scoop mocked the coverage outright, treating the Politico and Hill stories as a manufactured scandal. Just the News reported the vote straight, alongside Tuesday's governor and Senate primaries.

Left-leaning and centrist outlets went the other way. The Independent ran it under "Do as I say, not as I do." Raw Story noted Trump "quietly" mailed his ballot again while his administration fights to cut mail-in access. Newsweek compiled the list of times Trump has voted by mail after attacking the practice, including the March special election.

In the underlying court fight, opponents have warned the justices in stark terms. Nearly two dozen Democratic-led states, dozens of election officials and more than 50 former state and federal judges told the Supreme Court Trump's order would create "chaos" for voters. A bipartisan coalition of 118 current and former election officials said workers are in an "untenable position," ordered to overhaul election systems "on pain of threats of criminal prosecution" just weeks before ballots go out.