Ex-President Donald Trump has sparked a wave of criticism online, including being called a dictator, after he told supporters "you don't have to vote again". Speaking to supporters at West Palm Beach, in Florida, on Friday, Mr Trump hit out at Democratic nominee frontrunner Kamala Harris, branding her the most "far-left vice president in American history". He then claimed Democrats did not support voter registration reform "because they want to cheat".
Mr Trump then urged his supporters to back him at the ballot "with a landslide that's too big to rig" when the nation heads to the polls on November 5. Former president Trump has repeatedly made baseless claims the US election was somehow stolen in 2020, and has used this point to urge his supporters to vote for him. "I don't care how, but you have to get out and vote and again, Christians get out and vote just this time," he said.
"You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It will be fixed. It will be fine.
You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians." The comments went viral on X/ Twitter with more than 17.2million views as of Saturday morning.
Many of those who referenced the clip shared their perceived concerns over the language he used in the speech. Mr Trump has an unregular style of delivering speech and it is unclear exactly what he meant by his Christian supporters not needing to vote. But his detractors soon branded the former US president an aspiring dictator and expressed concern o.