Pelosi: November elections 'must' go on as scheduled
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that Democrats "must" ensure that President Trump doesn't try to delay the Nov. 3 elections, a day after presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden issued a similar warning.
"I know there's a danger and people are scared, but we must and we will," Pelosi said of holding the elections as scheduled during an interview on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" when asked about the possibility of an attempt to delay the elections if there is a resurgence of the coronavirus.
Pelosi said that she hoped that any attempt to move back the elections would be a bridge too far even for Republicans.
"[Trump] has done a lot to undermine who we are as America, but the fact is, we cannot allow him to do that to our democracy. That will not happen. And God willing, maybe some Republicans might even stand up for our country, our Constitution and our democracy, as well. I think they will," Pelosi said.
Trump's campaign slammed Biden after the former vice president predicted during an online fundraiser on Thursday that Trump would try to push back the elections and that there would again be electoral interference from Russia.
“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,” Biden said, adding that doing so is "the only way [Trump] thinks he can possibly win.”
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