President Trump is ramping up his war on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms with a new call to ban the practice with an executive order.

The new effort comes as Trump pushes red states to redistrict in an effort to give Republicans an edge in their battle to retain and grow their majority in the House of Representatives.

Trump sees mail-in voting as a practice that gives an edge to Democrats. He’s blamed his loss in the 2020 election to former President Biden in part on mail-in voting, which hit an all-time high that cycled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“If you have mail-in voting, you’re not going to have many Democrats get elected. That’s bigger than anything having to do with redistricting and the Republicans have to get smart,” Trump told reporters during a Monday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that veered into the topic.

But whether a ban on mail-in voting will help Republicans is a matter of debate within the GOP.

Some think mail-in voting can help their party.

“It wouldn't be good for Republicans,” said one Republican operative. “I think we’ve done a lot of really great work the past couple of years, especially last cycle, in terms of restoring the trust in our election process.”

“I haven’t talked to anyone who is on board with this,” the operative said.

Publicly, Republicans are offering support for Trump’s proposal.

“President Trump is absolutely right, we need safe and secure elections,” the Republican National Committee said in a statement.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in........

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