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After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK

  • By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARGERY BECK Associated Press

At rallies and in social media posts, former President Donald Trump has been trying to assure Republican voters that casting ballots by mail and other forms of early voting are “all good options.” But it's going to be challenging for Trump and the Republican National Committee, which he now controls, to reverse the drop-off in mail voting among GOP voters. Trump has criticized mail voting since 2020, blaming it for his loss in that year's election, and the RNC has been filing lawsuits around the country targeting various aspects of it. It makes for a confusing message for GOP voters, who have been programmed to believe that mail voting can’t be trusted. Read moreAfter blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK

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Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
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Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden

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Someone’s plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. WMTV-TV reported Thursday that the plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol building. Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told The Associated Press on Friday that workers had removed the plants, but that her agency couldn’t determine if they were marijuana or hemp. Both are forms of cannabis, but only marijuana has the compound that gets people high. She didn't say how they might have ended up there. University of Wisconsin-Madison botanist Shelby Ellison, who examined the plants before they were removed, said there were too many to have grown there accidentally.