WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump cast his vote in the midterm elections Saturday, saying he voted for every Republican in Florida before speaking at a rally in Georgia.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived together at their West Palm Beach polling place, at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office, after the president spent the morning at his nearby golf course. Trump has been criticized in the past for voting by mail, despite his long history of protesting this method of submitting ballots.
Asked if he voted along the party line, Trump, who wore an “I Voted” sticker, replied, “Absolutely.”
Speaking to reporters at the polling site, Trump again defended an ad from the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio. Vivek Ramaswamy. Advertising has faced intense backlash since featuring ex-mother of Democratic rival Amy Acton, who lost custody of her children after her husband, the children’s stepfather, was indicted for raping Acton when she was 12 years old.
Trump too defended his decision ask its administration to file your lawsuit block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses following the inclusion of a second candidate named Dan Sullivan on the ballot.
As for the war in Iran, he said: “I might have to end it. Or maybe they’ll make a deal, but I’m not sure. Either way, we’ll win.”
Melanie Trumpwho this week negotiated a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the region ravaged and occupied by the Russians Ukrainian town of Oleshky so that humanitarian aid could be delivered and civilians evacuated, she was asked if she could go to Ukraine.
“We’ll see,” she told reporters.
In Florida, Trump supported Republican Byron Donalds, who is running against David JolyA Republican turned independent turned Democratto succeed term-limited Governor Ron DeSantis.
He also campaigned for Republican senator. Ashley Moodywho is running for the final two years of former Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Senate term against progressive lawmaker Angie Nixon.
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Colvin reported from New York.
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