Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway submitted to the idea of early voting, despite her previous stance against it. She acknowledged the GOP could  “die politically” by opposing it.

Conway appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to make her new stance clear ahead of her former boss President Donald Trump’s election in November. Trump also changed his tune on mail-in ballots after opposing it himself.

“So, I don’t like early voting, but if this is the new normal, you adapt, or you die politically,” Conway said.

In 2020, about a third of Trump voters used either an absentee or mail-in ballot. Another 30% voted in person but early. Trump’s opponent, President Joe Biden, nabbed 58% of his votes by absentee and mail-in ballots. Conway herself voted by absentee ballot in New Jersey in 2018 despite her vocal opposition to the mail-in variety.

“I hope President Trump and Mrs. Trump will go and vote early in Florida, on the first day they’re eligible, to vote early because when the lion roars, the others will follow,” Conway said. “His voters will say, ‘Oh, well, now President Trump went early, I can too.’”

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Since 2020, many Republicans have voiced concern over the security of mail-in voting, but many are now coming around to understanding the popularity of the method. During the last presidential election, in-person voters still held a slight majority at 54%. That year was a record for early voting.

The majority of mail-in voters, 55%, come from those over the age of 65.