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

When there is one US COVID death per minute: WE MUST REOPEN THE CHILI'S

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 30, 2020

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?

These are the sort of moves I’d expect from a dictator, not the U.S. President.

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 30, 2020

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:

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

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 30, 2020

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.

Americans will rise up & continue John's fight for unfettered access to the ballot box.

Our voices will not be silenced.

— James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) July 30, 2020

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.

*But he can delegitimize the results.https://t.co/GQD90QXOSw

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 30, 2020

“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

If 7.3% absentees were rejected in a November swing state, it could conceivably cost Dems up to 2% of statewide margin. https://t.co/gTr9X8FDDP

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 28, 2020

Via the latest ABC/Post poll, 51% of Dems plan to vote by mail vs. just 20% of Republicans, thanks to Trump's attacks. That's unprecedented. https://t.co/jBpoEr9GfZ

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 28, 2020

WV confirms that anyone will be able to vote absentee there this November. https://t.co/SOtLVkrUIA We're down to just 8 states that will still require an excuse.

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 27, 2020

Top Republicans have repeatedly raised concerns with Trump campaign officials about such attacks, recognizing they need to expand voting by mail to compete with Dems in a number of closely contested states. Trump clearly unmoved by those concerns. https://t.co/jEvTEY6xkz https://t.co/LP28TMupWb

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 27, 2020

We're down to 9 states (CT, IN, KY, LA, MS, NY, SC, TX, WV) that are not allowing everyone to vote absentee in the fall. https://t.co/pJnKKxCTgD

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 20, 2020

I just want to reiterate here that it is extraordinarily difficult to forge a ballot and have that ballot be counted. https://t.co/GVVVpTKQr7

— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) July 28, 2020

AG Barr voted by mail. So did 15 other Trump officials

Trump
Pence
McEnany
Conway
Ivanka
Melania
Azar
Ross
DeVos
Stepien
McDaniel
Kushner
Glassner
Ayers
Parscale

GOP only opposes mail voting when Dems use it pic.twitter.com/rBOKnJUoNe

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 28, 2020

Barr, who’s voted by mail himself, says all-mail voting would “substantially” increase the risk of fraud.

In Colorado, which votes entirely by mail, only 0.0027 percent of 2.5 million ballots cast in 2018 were even forwarded for fraud investigation. pic.twitter.com/QpieU6PNMC

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) July 28, 2020

Reupping this from @amyegardner: Election officials contradict Barr’s assertion that counterfeit mail ballots produced by a foreign country are a ‘real’ worry https://t.co/8mW7bnybqH

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) July 28, 2020

Tens of thousands of mail ballots have been tossed out in this year’s primaries. What will happen in November? https://t.co/4FH18zEYR9

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 27, 2020

Trump is lying about voter fraud. Mail-in balloting is very secure with robust paper trails and < 0.0001% fraud. https://t.co/muFURw9lXQ … and Twitter’s rules explicitly allow lies like these about “rigged” elections to go viral without fact-checking https://t.co/bsGbsoKv9l https://t.co/onbHJYwO5l

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 26, 2020

Agree with @bpmehlman: This is a great @washingtonpost map. Note that the traditional swing states are relatively or very mail-voting friendly.
(Texas, which has — for now, at least — become a swing state, is not.) https://t.co/w7HhDYOiYI

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) July 24, 2020

This is how Republicans think they will win in November. https://t.co/Ni7KNEn7G3 pic.twitter.com/fJMS2QfzQf

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 24, 2020

States ARE passing vote by mail rules and public does support. All Trump is doing is making R's less likely to use it. THUNK! https://t.co/9BSyVvG2Ny

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 21, 2020

One divide that stands out to me from latest ABC/WaPo poll: "Would you prefer to vote…by mail or in person?"

College+ whites: 51%-47% mail
Non-college whites: 66%-31% in person
Black: 60%-36% in person
Hispanic: 60%-37% in person

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 21, 2020

We're down to 9 states (CT, IN, KY, LA, MS, NY, SC, TX, WV) that are not allowing everyone to vote absentee in the fall. https://t.co/pJnKKxCTgD

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 20, 2020

The evidence shows voting by mail is rarely subject to fraud, does not give an advantage to one political party over another https://t.co/Wr66CmRXDL

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 19, 2020

Whether postage will be required for absentee ballots and who pays for it has become a subject of lawsuits and statehouse political brawls. By @jcarrsmyth. https://t.co/90Eju6PUFJ

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2020

Top Republicans are urging President Trump to change his tune on mail-in voting or risk an ugly November https://t.co/tRlRP4991l pic.twitter.com/jmBE3WWVPX

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 17, 2020

Voting by mail shouldn't be a partisan issue––especially during a pandemic. Everybody should be able to request an absentee ballot, and make their voice heard in every election. https://t.co/enlhkichz3

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 13, 2020

Yikes — just finished a statewide survey in a swing state. The quarter of the voters who plan to vote by mail or absentee break 15% Trump/75% Biden on the Pres. ballot. Republicans are skeptical about voting by mail, and that's a problem up and down ballot.

— Glen Bolger (@posglen) July 13, 2020

New evidence in CBS battleground traker poll that suggests Trump’s anti-mail-in voting stance is driving his own voters away from voting by mail, giving Biden an edge

Wrote about this phenomenon a few weeks ago: https://t.co/3LzP5ULTkp pic.twitter.com/zbGTWYfCVg

— Emily Larsen (@emilyelarsen) July 12, 2020

Facts First: President Trump is inventing a voting distinction where none exists, and also peddling baseless claims of rigged elections and fraudulent ballots. https://t.co/2iyv4qeza6

— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2020

Fact-checked already in the Trump claims database. Also, it's Paterson –> https://t.co/86Rwu8pyhQ https://t.co/PLn9xlTPbG

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 26, 2020

My column: Biden Should Not Debate Trump Unless … https://t.co/knMAaOsGCg

— Thomas L. Friedman (@tomfriedman) July 8, 2020