But it’s ok to open schools? (See tweet below from Mikel Jollett.)
Trump will do anything to sabotage the election.
Trump called Inhofe last night. Inhofe was at Alberto Trattoria and put Trump on speakerphone to hear him better. Other diners could also hear the call >> https://t.co/pOxvd8Zja4
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 30, 2020
For 7 years, I covered dictators and strongmen in West and Central Africa. The No. 1 move of an incumbent who thinks he’s going to lose an upcoming election, is to delay the ballot citing security concerns or else technical issues – “oops, ballots couldn’t be printed in time!” https://t.co/fcDW8RQmrR
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) July 30, 2020
GOP Sen Cornyn tells reporters Trump’s election-delay tweet was a joke “so all you guys in the press, your heads will explode and you'll write about it”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 30, 2020
Trump does not have authority to delay Election Day. The law makes it "the Tuesday after the first Monday in November." But what if he invokes "emergency powers?"
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 30, 2020
When the mail-in voter fraud rate is .00006%: WE MUST DELAY THE ELECTION
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 30, 2020
When there is one US COVID death per minute: WE MUST REOPEN THE CHILI'S
Fox News figures mocked the idea that Trump would try to delay the election. Trump just tweeted it. https://t.co/z2iWRu4OJN pic.twitter.com/ZDdIUjSODy
— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 30, 2020
Virtually no support for Trump’s suggestion to delay the elections. And he needs Congress’ support to do that that. https://t.co/RcLnOUf47q
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 30, 2020
For the record, this is the second Trump administration official this week to claim ignorance about the plain text of the Constitution that states Congress determines the date of the election. https://t.co/vD7i9d6lHB
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 30, 2020
Can we all acknowledge how disturbing and dangerous it is that the President of the United States is trying to delegitimize our electoral process and now wants to delay the presidential election?
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 30, 2020
These are the sort of moves I’d expect from a dictator, not the U.S. President.
Trump’s plan may be to get some states with GOP control of their legislatures to say they “failed to make a choice” on November 3 and to appoint pro-Trump slates even if their popular vote favored Biden. Even without evidence, he’ll claim the mail-in ballots were fraudulent. https://t.co/HU1A1dpLeo
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 30, 2020
FACTS about voting:
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 30, 2020
1. Trump doesn't have the power to delay the election
2. Only .00006% cases of mail ballot fraud out of total ballots cast over past 20 years
3. 16 top Trump officials voted by mail
4. Trump waging unprecedented campaign to undermine free & fair elections
This is not an idea anyone, especially POTUS, should float. Our democracy is based on elections in which everyone knows the rules and they apply to all. Election Day is and will be Nov 3, 2020. Mr. President – please don’t even pretend to mess with this. It’s a harmful idea. https://t.co/bbBJbkNigV
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) July 30, 2020
The President’s suggestion of delaying the election on the day we lay John Lewis to rest is the most despicable affront to his memory & legacy.
— James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) July 30, 2020
Americans will rise up & continue John's fight for unfettered access to the ballot box.
Our voices will not be silenced.
Um, no. The relevant questions are governed by very specific provisions in Article II of, and the Twelfth Amendment to, the U.S. Constitution, some very specific provisions of Title 3 of the U.S. Code, and by state law. https://t.co/1TCsrkyj0E
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 30, 2020
Top Republicans in Congress shot down Trump's suggestion to delay November's election, which he made on Twitter while claiming, without evidence, that mail-in voting will cause voter fraud.https://t.co/QzoTN1F9pc
— Axios (@axios) July 30, 2020
No, Trump can’t postpone the election.
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 30, 2020
*But he can delegitimize the results.https://t.co/GQD90QXOSw
“Do you want to know who was mocked by conservatives for suggesting that Donald Trump might do this? Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.: ‘Mark my words, I think he is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held.’” https://t.co/fNbut8Zv7l
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 30, 2020
And there's this. https://t.co/MmFCfvMoBm
— Nelson George (@nelsongeorge) July 30, 2020
Sad! 