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![President Trump speaks at the American Red Cross National Headquarters on July 30, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0804-trump-flag-400x300.jpg)
Trump Now Says Mail-In Ballots Are Safe, But Only in His Home State of Florida
For months, Trump has made a number of inaccurate claims of voter fraud being associated with ballots sent by mail.
![Donald Trump boards Air Force One in ominously stormy conditions](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0803-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Judges to Rule on Florida Poll Tax Case Despite Potential Ethical Conflict
A Florida law requires people with felony convictions to pay outstanding court fines before they can vote.
![Donald Trump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0701donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
As COVID Burns Through the South and West, Trump Fans the Flames
As his voters burn on a pyre of his creation, Trump remains in denial, even as Pence urges him to wear a damn mask.
![President Donald Trump speaks to guests during a visit to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard on June 25, 2020, in Marinette, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-1252500363-400x300.jpg)
New COVID Infections Surge in US as Trump Fixates on His Election Prospects
For this president, the health and survival of the people come a distant second to his electioneering.
![A University of South Florida Health administrator talks to a driver before they receive a coronavirus test at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020, in Tampa, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0626-florida-covid-test-400x300.jpg)
Florida Reports 9,000 New Coronavirus Cases in Biggest Daily Surge
Spikes in states that reopened early are contributing to a resurgence of COVID-19 across the nation.
![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks while meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on April 28, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0626-ron-desantis-trump-400x300.jpg)
With COVID Spiking in Sun Belt, Trump Leads GOP Governors Toward Electoral Ruin
Trump's favorite Republican governors are in a bind after following his lead and reopening their states early.
![A woman places a fake headstone near also fake bodybags to illustrate the number of covid deaths in Florida](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0615florida-400x300.jpg)
Florida Has Largest Daily COVID-19 Spike After RNC Moves to Jacksonville
Despite rising cases, the GOP plans to reject social distancing guidelines and won't require masks.
![First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump tour NASA facilities before viewing the SpaceX launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0528-trump-cape-canaveral-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Reelection Strategies Are Killing a Massive Number of People
Trump is seriously damaging his own campaign, but that doesn't mean he'll lose.
![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives updates about the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic during a press conference on April 17, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0521-ron-desantis-florida-400x300.jpg)
Florida, Georgia and Trump Are Lying. COVID Is Far From Over.
We are “reopening” because in these United States, the people have always come a distant second to profit.
![A laptop displays a COVID tracking app for Florida](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0520-covid-florida-400x300.jpg)
Florida Data Chief Claims She Was Fired for Refusing to Tamper With COVID Data
Rebekah Jones says she was fired for declining to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen.”