Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday criticized President Trump’s broadside against mail-in voting, saying that right-wing claims of widespread voter fraud are inaccurate and “not based in fact or reality.”

Trump earlier in the day announced that he plans to “lead a movement” to end the use of mail-in ballots in elections. The ballots were used more widely in the 2020 presidential contest due to COVID-19. Trump lost that race to former President Biden, which he has repeatedly and without evidence claimed was the result of a rigged election.

Schumer said his party will do everything possible to stand in the way of blocking mail-in voting in the coming years.

“Two facts: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and vote by mail is safe, secure, and reliable,” Schumer said in

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