Trump explains why he cast a mail ballot in Florida’s election: ‘Because I’m president’

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Just days after calling mail-in voting, “mail-in cheating,” President Donald Trump on Thursday explained why he decided to cast a mail ballot in a recent Florida special election.

“You know what, because I’m president of the United States, and because of the fact that I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida,” he told reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

“I decided that I was going to vote by mail-in ballot because I couldn’t be there, because I had a lot of different things,” he added.

In-person early voting was available in Florida’s House District 87 special election from March 14 through March 22 at two locations in Palm Beach County, including on weekends, a staffer at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office confirmed to NBC News over the phone on Thursday.

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