Donald Trump has inexplicably flip-flopped from his years of previous remarks disparaging the voting system and is now supporting absentee and early voting.
"Absentee voting, early voting, and election day voting are all good options," the former president wrote on Truth Social on Friday afternoon.
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AdvertisementNicholas Grossman, an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, told Business Insider it's unlikely Trump will maintain his newfound position supporting absentee and early voting.
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