McConnell And McCarthy Say No Way To Election Delay: ‘We Should Go Forward’ | Talking Points Memo

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) rejected an idea floated by Trump to delay the November presidential election, saying Thursday that it should go forward as planned.


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'Cos they are running for reelection. Ask someone who isn’t running. They will state they aren’t sure. Like Pompeo.

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Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had said when asked about a potential delay: “I don’t think that’s a particularly good idea.”

That’s a bit wishy-washy Lindsey. Clearly you’re open to it.

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You can always count on Lindsay to serve the weak tea:

Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had said when asked about a potential delay: “I don’t think that’s a particularly good idea.”

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HA. great minds and all.

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With this from the Senate, and House Speaker Pelosi in charge, It looks like Fat Donnie will have to face the people on schedule.

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Hilarious.

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Hilarious. AND factual. Like getting two scoops at once.

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I don’t suppose there’s time to get statehood for P.R. and D.C. It’d be nice if we could so Trump could be the first president to lose re-election in all 52 states.

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Trump is constantly firing up the Neo- Nazis thinking they will keep him in power.
If Trump loses do not be surprised if the Nazis, armed, surround the White House.

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Mitch and Kevin don’t want to disrupt the Russian election tampering efforts already underway. Takes months to coordinate such an effort, and a delay would make Putin cranky.

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This may be what they say now, but their records show they have no problem screwing Democrats, the poor, minorities, the elderly . . . Nor is altruism a moral guidepost for either of them.

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Sadly supported by some members of the military and police departments. I remember back in 2004ish reading a few articles about Neo-Nazis pushing members to join these organizations in an effort to train for an up coming race war. I believe we are seeing the fruits of those labors.

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Meh. He called for them when he had to go hide in his bunker from nasty BLM protesters.

Nobody came.

They’re way over-rated in their numbers and capabilities and having balls to stand up to anyone who is prepared to fight back.

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Two bigger two-faced turds have never breathed.

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You’d think these folks would read the Constitution before they take an oath to defend it.

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Trump threatening the election is a big deal, but then so is what emerged about an hour before his tweet:

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Cooler heads? Fear of the guillotine? A little of each? Fear of the guillotine imho.

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I guess Trump’ll just have to go ahead and dissolve Congress and rule directly with Barr as his enforcer - just for the duration of the ‘emergency’, of course.

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That little fucker, Lindsey Graham, may not think it’s a ‘particularly good idea’ now but wait until it looks like Trump & GOP is going down in flames. Remember it was Graham who called Trump a bigot and then jumped into bed with him. Lindsey Graham has no credibility on any subject.

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