Rep. Maxine Waters Calls on Americans to ‘Fight Back’ on Trump’s Mail-In Voting Claims

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is calling on people to "fight back" following President Donald Trump's repeated remarks regarding mail-in voting.

"Trump put Postmaster DeJoy in charge of the postal service to dismantle the USPS [and] sabotage vote by mail," Waters tweeted on Monday. "New procedures are causing massive delays."

The Democratic lawmaker — who is a frequent critic of the president — then claimed Trump and Republicans "don’t believe in free [and] fair elections."

She continued, "They’ll lie, cheat, [and] steal to stay in power. We’ve got to fight back!"

See Waters' tweet below:

https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/1290281573938532352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1290281573938532352%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fhouse%2F510244-waters-rips-trump-gop-over-mail-in-ballots-theyll-lie-cheat-and-steal-to-stay

Trump recently suggested the idea of delaying the 2020 presidential election, as he claimed "universal mail-in voting" will lead to "the most INACCURATE [and] FRAUDULENT Election in history," as IJR reported .

"Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???" Trump tweeted on July 30.

Despite the claims about mail-in voting, there is no evidence of widespread fraud. Additionally, several lawmakers have made it clear the president does not have the power to delay the election.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288818160389558273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1288818160389558273%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fijr.org%2Ftrump-tosses-out-idea-delay-presidential-election%2F

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288809157722877952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1288809157722877952%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fijr.org%2Ftrump-tosses-out-idea-delay-presidential-election%2F

The president then said during a press conference afterward that he does not want to see a date change during the election.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1288961821794344964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1288961821794344964%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fijr.org%2Ftrump-finally-got-media-discuss-risks-to-democracy-posed-mail-voting%2F

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday was asked if Trump was serious about a possible change to the election, where he told CBS News, "All of this that we’re talking about comes down to one thing. Universal mail-in ballots. That is not a good idea for the country."

Meadows also added, "He has not looked at delaying any election."