He will fight tooth and nail to protect our vote by mail system.
Protect Washington's vote-by-mail system.
Occurrences
He will fight tooth and nail to protect our vote by mail system.
Evidence
Executive Order 14399, published in the Federal Register, directs DHS to create state citizenship lists and says the USPS should not transmit mail-in or absentee ballots from people not on those lists; it also tells DOJ to prioritize investigations tied to ballot delivery to ineligible voters.
A federal judge in Boston allowed Democratic-led states and voting-rights groups to keep pursuing lawsuits against Trump's mail-in voting order, which keeps the legality of the ballot restriction contested.
Assessments
The promise is still best scored as unresolved. The evidence provided shows Washington's vote-by-mail system remained under active federal pressure in 2026, including an executive order targeting mail-ballot handling and ongoing litigation over those restrictions. That means the promised protective outcome was not clearly secured during the relevant period. There is also no evidence here that Rep. Adam Smith personally delivered a completed federal protection or materially advanced a measure that later became law, so full delivery or later-term credit is not supported on this record.