Jared Kushner clarifies after saying he's 'not sure' he can commit to date for presidential election

[smirkymonkey]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/13/jared-kushner-election-delay-coronavirus/

By
Timothy Bella
May 13, 2020 at 6:12 a.m. EDT

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner raised eyebrows Tuesday by suggesting that there was uncertainty about whether the presidential election would happen in November as scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic and that he had some role in making that determination.

Hours after his remarks to Time magazine generated a strong reaction on social media, Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, issued a clarification, saying he was unaware of and not involved in any “discussions” about changing the date of the 2020 election. Neither Trump nor Kushner as his adviser has any legal authority to change the timing of the presidential election.

The brief and disconcerting episode raised doubts about Kushner’s familiarity with the laws and constitutional provisions governing U.S. presidential elections. As the Congressional Research Service says, “The text of the Constitution does not appear to contain a constitutional role for the Executive Branch in such decisions.”

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His remarks were met with concern on Tuesday.

“Kushner’s statement reveals amazing ignorance of the Constitution and law,” tweeted Bill Kristol, the neoconservative political commentator and editor at large of the Bulwark. “It reveals startling arrogance in taking for granted he gets to have some say about when the election is held. It also reveals an utter lack of understanding of his very subordinate role in our democracy.” [...more]

Can you believe this guy? Who on earth does he think he is?

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[AllaN01Bear]

2. this guy is full of himself. he cannot change a constitutionaly mandated item.

this is congress relm. up your nose with a rubber hose .

[agingdem]

3. who gives a shit what Jared Kushner "clarifies"!

does anyone still care?

[smirkymonkey]

4. That's the whole point of the article!

First of all, neither he nor Trump have any say over when or whether the election will occur, and secondly, Kushner is so fucking out of his league, the fact that he even thinks he has a right to comment on the subject is just downright laughable.

I cannot wait to see his spectacular fall. The sooner, the better. It will wipe that smirk right off his creepy, botoxed face and hopefully, it will wipe all that ill-gotten money right out of every one of his accounts.

[agingdem]

5. Frogged marched in handcuffs out of the White House

and into the waiting arms of US Marshalls...

[The Magistrate]

6. Sounds To Me Like Confirmation It's Under Discussion, Sir

If it is underhanded and treasonous, when these people say they're not doing it, you can be certain they are.


"Defeat of a dangerous enemy is something to be for."

[Golden Raisin]

8. Absolutely. Just shows they are already thinking about this.

Falls under the Maya Angelou dictum of, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. He said "THAT'S THE PLAN", to delay it. Democrats must be ON NOTICE: they are planning to derail.

“I’m not sure I can commit one way or the other, but right now that’s the plan,” Mr. Kushner told Time magazine in response to a question about whether the election could be postponed because of the pandemic.