Trump Floats November Election ‘Delay’ As He Rails Against Mail-In Voting | Talking Points Memo

President Donald Trump suggested delaying the 2020 election in a tweet Thursday, bringing his attack on mail-in voting to a crescendo and confirming the fears of those who have expressed concern that he may refuse to leave office.


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We voted in the civil war. We voted during WWII. We will vote this Tuesday in November. States will run their elections because they want to have the federal representation.

Remember, congressional and preznitial terms end in January regardless of whether elections are held.

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I’ll be here all day to accept the apologies from folks who said he couldn’t possibly ever try.

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Postpone the vote but send the kids to school? What world does Trump live in? It isn’t the one we all share.

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The way this has gone…especially after the clownish performance with the Swan Interview, I am not surprised.

This is UnAmerican

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and there it f’kn is. we’ve all been waiting for this, but holy shit, this could get bad. there needs to be MASSIVE push back on this… I feel like he’s testing his limits and if he senses weakness, he’ll ram this through.

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Great suggestion, but seriously doubt you have any control over delaying the election, imbecile.

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delay the election until we have an ironclad process for ensuring fascist domination. it might take decades, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

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I predict more posts on this topic than ever.

IT HAD BETTER BE SO!

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Delay the election until his poll numbers look different, more likely. Maybe one his staff can take out the ol’ sharpie and unskew them.

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Note the silence from the GOP sheep. Either they’re all in for King Donald or afraid of a vengeful tweet. Either way, vote EVERY stinking Republican OUT of office!

Bye, Don!

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This could simply just mean that Trump’s tiny little reality Geiger counter has been clicking away lately and he’s actually admitting, in his convoluted way, that he knows for certain he can’t win.
There’s that.

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His polls will NEVER get better. When it’s this far downhill, that’s how it’s going to go. He can’t recover.

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Well Madame Speaker it seems as if the President wants to put a mask on the election,by delaying the election until we can be sure about mail in voting. CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP !"

I hope someone will take up the cause of looking into whats going on with our postal system and its all of a sudden slow walking of services.

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He can’t. It takes Congress…and they’re busy right now.

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WTF, rush the census but delay the election?

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Sharpie Poll Charts! Just make-em-up as you go!

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P[tchforks, Now!

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Sure, genius. Bust the biggest norm there is in American governance. It’s not like it’s fucking obvious why or anything. People really will admire your ever-increasing ability to fuck literally everything into a cocked hat. The hits just keep coming with this one.

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You can’t “re-open” if you need to “delay” something that important now can you?

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