Donald Trump on Monday urged his supporters to get out and vote ― but he told them to do so on the wrong date.
“If everything works out, if everybody gets out and votes on January 5th,” Trump said at an event in Pennsylvania. “Or before.”
The former president was off by two months; Election Day is Nov. 5.
Trump also took a shot at early voting.
“Today you can vote two months before, probably three months after, they don’t know what the hell they’re doing,” he said.
While all but a handful of states offer some degree of early voting, none allow voting after, much less three months later.
His call to vote Jan. 5 comes amid new questions over his mental acuity.
Once an issue used against President Joe Biden, Trump’s slurry speeches, flubbed names and locations, and lengthy, rambling digressions are raising alarms about his own health.
Vice President Kamala Harris called on Trump to release his medical reports after she revealed her own over the weekend.
Critics responded to Trump’s latest flub:
He is not well. Doesn’t know that the election is in November. Not January. Probably thinking too much about first week of January when he encouraged a coup last time. https://t.co/X6zuzty3Dc
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 15, 2024
Imagine how Fox would’ve covered it, if Joe Biden gave the wrong date for election day. Can you imagine that? https://t.co/ZaudCgSTaM
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 15, 2024
Trump: “If everything works out and everybody gets out and votes on January 5th…”
— Andrew—Author of America Rises On Substack (@AmoneyResists) October 14, 2024
The election is November 5th. This man is not well. pic.twitter.com/UeWXTtFbCz
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The New York Times generated dozens of stories about Biden’s cognitive decline and just one about Trump’s, long after it was apparent.
— Soros-funded Deep State Operative 🌴🥥 (@ExGOPer) October 15, 2024
Maybe it’s a good time for a follow up, @nytimes? https://t.co/JEz22eUzpv
YIKES!!! Trump’s mental decline is on display again as he just FORGOT what day the election is “ If everybody gets out and votes on January 5th.” Um… what?? Is this why Trump won’t release his medical records? pic.twitter.com/gPGosg1Kdt
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) October 14, 2024
He mixed up his coup date and the election date.
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) October 15, 2024
If Trump voters want to vote on January 5 okay by me!
— Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) October 14, 2024
