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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:06 AM Jul 2020

Trump floats delaying the 2020 election 'until people can properly, securely and safely vote'

Source: Raw Story


Published 11 mins ago on July 30, 2020
By Brad Reed
Facebook

President Donald Trump on Thursday floated the idea of delaying the 2020 presidential election rather than allow people to vote by mail.

“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” the president wrote. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”

The president at the moment is badly trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in election polls, due in large part to dissatisfaction with his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which so far has killed more than 150,000 Americans in just five months.

Even if Trump wanted to delay the election, however, it’s not clear how he could do so without an act of Congress, as the current federal law mandates that the election be held on the first Tuesday after November 1st.



Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trump-floats-delaying-the-2020-election-until-people-can-properly-securely-and-safely-vote/

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Trump floats delaying the 2020 election 'until people can properly, securely and safely vote' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2020 OP
All together now DownriverDem Jul 2020 #1
The chief anarchist is residing in the White House along with his fascist Republicans traitors. olegramps Jul 2020 #35
Hey, Stupid! CaptYossarian Jul 2020 #2
Trump raises idea of delaying election Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #3
When Trump posts these sort of things, it's usually because he's trying to beat the news cycle... Kingfisher86 Jul 2020 #4
Oh, that's a likely coincidence, isn't it? Didn't know! Thank you, Kingfisher86. Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #18
DING DING DING!!! 2naSalit Jul 2020 #25
Someone tweeted about bad news with the GDP today...I'm too lazy to look into the details. Miles Archer Jul 2020 #42
You nailed it, gab13by13 Jul 2020 #51
Here's the visual: LudwigPastorius Jul 2020 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author gab13by13 Jul 2020 #52
I thought that was delayed? AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #46
Depression level gdp, Russian bounties for soldiers resurfaces, CV death and infection rates Dream Girl Jul 2020 #55
Trump wants to CANCEL, not delay the election. Archae Jul 2020 #5
Treason bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #6
set by congeress, fool. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #7
"It will be a great embarrassment to the USA." mahannah Jul 2020 #8
From the most embarrassing thing the US ever produced. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2020 #16
Tweet from Tom Tomorrow about this: Saviolo Jul 2020 #9
Not so tinfoil-hat now, is it? Girard442 Jul 2020 #10
I will crawl over broken glass to vote UpInArms Jul 2020 #11
....coated in COVID-19 and a hurricane headed at me.... Pachamama Jul 2020 #15
How 'bout NO! Cracklin Charlie Jul 2020 #12
I alerted on this post to Twitter brooklynite Jul 2020 #13
Trump suggests the US should 'Delay the Election' because of his baseless mail-in voter fraud fears Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #14
I know you meant negative 33%, just for clarity. gab13by13 Jul 2020 #53
No. Plunging means going down. The sentence is correct. Stand and Fight Jul 2020 #76
Of course he did. We knew it all along. n/t mtngirl47 Jul 2020 #17
Trolling, trolling trolling The Mouth Jul 2020 #19
Trolling and building an off ramp grantcart Jul 2020 #66
I've been saying this for awhile, everything he's doing is to steal the election. lark Jul 2020 #20
+1 machI Jul 2020 #60
Oregon's been voting by mail for almost two decades. CrispyQ Jul 2020 #21
All he knows is to lie and steal. dalton99a Jul 2020 #22
And here I thought voting absentee was done by mail. sinkingfeeling Jul 2020 #23
This will backfire on him duforsure Jul 2020 #24
I have a suggestion for him. Scarsdale Jul 2020 #65
THE STATES RUN ELECTIONS, NOT YOU DIPSHIT DONALD! amb123 Jul 2020 #26
"mail-in absentee voting" usa.gov ; "Absentee voting aka mail-in voting" vote.org muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #27
We knew it was coming. Here it is. Our response? HELL NO!!! onetexan Jul 2020 #28
Tell tRump "Hell NO!" bluewater Jul 2020 #29
Embarrassment.................look in the f**king mirror...................oh yeah..... turbinetree Jul 2020 #30
He's getting really desperate and paranoid PatSeg Jul 2020 #31
His term ends on Jan 20th 2021.... Historic NY Jul 2020 #32
Exactly! Wonder how all the rest of the gop congress critters feel bout that? Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #38
Then the Speaker of the House is next in line of Succession. Delmette2.0 Jul 2020 #48
We knew this was coming. Another excuse to take over the US government. Paper Roses Jul 2020 #33
Utterly predictable. truthisfreedom Jul 2020 #34
Force kids & TEACHERS back to school but you think it is unsafe to vote one hour one day? DESPOT. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #36
If he is staging a coup Kris Mac Jul 2020 #37
As conservative as SCOTUS might be they will have none of it either Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #39
Trump floats another turd. n/t iscooterliberally Jul 2020 #40
People can go back to work and kids back to school. liberalmuse Jul 2020 #41
We need to convince Trump supporters to delay their vote. CaptainTruth Jul 2020 #43
this should destroy motivation in his base samsingh Jul 2020 #44
Post removed Post removed Jul 2020 #45
everyone early vote and/or vote by mail. GET OUT TRUMP GO HOME. Sunlei Jul 2020 #47
Delay it my ass!!--MOVE IT UP!! lastlib Jul 2020 #49
Trump is a giant fly. We need a giant flyswatter. n/t NEOBuckeye Jul 2020 #50
Quoth Abraham Lincoln when the country was torn by a war HE DIDN'T START... NNadir Jul 2020 #54
Great reminder -- hope the "Party of Lincoln" klook Jul 2020 #58
They are decidedly NOT the party of Lincoln. He and his great successor Grant would be appalled. NNadir Jul 2020 #62
This on the day of John Lewis's Funeral. djacq Jul 2020 #56
Let's move it forward before the situation gets any worse. mjvpi Jul 2020 #57
If I knew it was my last act, I would happily vote for Joe. Joinfortmill Jul 2020 #59
I can't take any more of his bullshit! Nt raccoon Jul 2020 #61
tRump floated the idea of whopper scented orange TP. nt yaesu Jul 2020 #63
INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT. dchill Jul 2020 #64
He is dizzying desperate and Roc2020 Jul 2020 #67
Please 25th amendment this dictator wanna-be. This could become really ugly. Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2020 #69
Altogether now - Bright, shiny object! Squirrel! GoneOffShore Jul 2020 #70
He also thought it was a good idea to drink bleach and shove a light up our ass. Talitha Jul 2020 #72
Gee. Nobody saw this coming. C Moon Jul 2020 #73
Well, we definitely shouldn't have it until Bettie Jul 2020 #74
He's a fucking waste of life Rizen Jul 2020 #75

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
35. The chief anarchist is residing in the White House along with his fascist Republicans traitors.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:22 AM
Jul 2020

Many have been warning for a number of years that the Republican Party is a serious fascist threat to our democratic republic. I can only hope that more people speak out and challenge these want-a-be Nazis before it too late. We can't rely on the Republican constituency. They have been literally brainwashed by forty years of extreme right wing propaganda. They have been convinced that anyone with progressive ideas are a threat and that only they are true patriots.

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
3. Trump raises idea of delaying election
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:08 AM
Jul 2020

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 07/30/20 08:59 AM EDT

President Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the 2020 election, something he does not have the power to do unilaterally, as he levied fresh attacks against mail-in voting.

Trump, who is badly trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in national polls, framed the suggestion as a question, and argued that with more mail-in ballots there would be no fraud. There is no evidence to support the idea that either absentee or mail-in ballots contribute to voter fraud.

"With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history," Trump tweeted. "It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???"

The tweet marked the first time Trump has raised the idea of delaying the November election, an idea he previously rejected amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

More:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509738-trump-suggests-delaying-election

Kingfisher86

(46 posts)
4. When Trump posts these sort of things, it's usually because he's trying to beat the news cycle...
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:09 AM
Jul 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell's records are being unsealed today. Coincidence?

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
25. DING DING DING!!!
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:52 AM
Jul 2020

And we have a winner! I was trying to figure that out, just got online and haven't seen all the news yet.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
42. Someone tweeted about bad news with the GDP today...I'm too lazy to look into the details.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:50 AM
Jul 2020

There's also the disastrous interview he did with Jonathan Swan, admitting he hasn't said a word to Putin about the troop "bounty."

But yeah, it's Trump's flaming bag of dog poop on the front porch for Thursday.

gab13by13

(20,864 posts)
51. You nailed it,
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:16 AM
Jul 2020

the GDP numbers are what Trump wanted to hide, a whopping -32.9% The last previous record was -10%. The worst president Obama had was -2%. Also new unemployment claims are up again to 1.43 million.

Trump has a lot of economic ads he wants to run but they are just gathering dust.

Response to Miles Archer (Reply #42)

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
55. Depression level gdp, Russian bounties for soldiers resurfaces, CV death and infection rates
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:30 AM
Jul 2020

Continue to rise...but look over there!

Archae

(46,261 posts)
5. Trump wants to CANCEL, not delay the election.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:10 AM
Jul 2020

He wants to become like so many other banana republicans, "president for life."

bucolic_frolic

(42,666 posts)
6. Treason
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:12 AM
Jul 2020

Trump is not supporting the U.S. Constitution which he swore on a Bible to uphold, protect, and defend.

Saviolo

(3,268 posts)
9. Tweet from Tom Tomorrow about this:
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:17 AM
Jul 2020



Mask wearing and still pretty distant Tom Tomorrow
@tomtomorrow
looking forward to an entire day of people earnestly discussing what trump is or is not legally allowed to do as if that has ever mattered in the slightest

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
12. How 'bout NO!
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:19 AM
Jul 2020

Ya crazy orange basturd!

This damn guy is somethin’ else, ain’t he? Watch him try to cut off funding for elections.

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
14. Trump suggests the US should 'Delay the Election' because of his baseless mail-in voter fraud fears
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:20 AM
Jul 2020

Jake Lahut 13 minutes ago

President Donald Trump floated the notion of postponing the November election in a tweet Thursday morning.

Trump does not have the authority to do so, but he once again used his platform to raise skepticism over his baseless theory over mail-in voting being "fraudulent."

Only an act of Congress could alter the federal statute on when states appoint their electors, which would be the most consequential way to move the timeline of the election.

Just 16 minutes before Trump tweeted, the second quarter economic data came out showing GDP plunging at a 33% annualized rate.

More:
https://www.businessinsider.com/president-trump-tweet-delay-election-mail-in-voting-2020-7

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
66. Trolling and building an off ramp
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 12:01 PM
Jul 2020

If he is planning to get off the ticket he could be setting the rant why he 8snt going to stay

lark

(23,003 posts)
20. I've been saying this for awhile, everything he's doing is to steal the election.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:35 AM
Jul 2020

He wants tons of death and dying and chaos and confusion so PUtin and he can steal the office once more, only a whole lot more violently this time. Red state governors are lined up behind him to ensure the election happens with the utmost possible confusion, frustration, risk to your life and violence in the blue cities in their states.

machI

(1,285 posts)
60. +1
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jul 2020

The Republicans are definitely working to steal the election. It is the only way they can win.

CrispyQ

(36,225 posts)
21. Oregon's been voting by mail for almost two decades.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:43 AM
Jul 2020

My state has been doing it for a few election cycles now, & people love it!

In my county you can sign up for text alerts that let you know when the Election Division sent out your ballot, & again, when they receive it back. Besides mail, we have ballot drop-off boxes at places like the County Clerk & Recorders offices & the public libraries.

I do have a few issues with mail-in voting though. A bully in the household could confiscate all the ballots & vote them themselves, or people could sell their ballot. I realize the frequency of these things happening is small, but they couldn't happen at a precinct.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
24. This will backfire on him
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:51 AM
Jul 2020

He has no authority to do that, and is done to suggest he has. More people will see this as very corrupt , and make more people run from trump and the Republican Party. He's weak and knows he's losing badly now, and this is just another desperate attempt to delay his being ousted with an embarrassing landslide against him. It won't work, and he'll be trying other things when he's told he can't win from election.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
65. I have a suggestion for him.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:48 AM
Jul 2020

RESIGN, take little Mikey with you and save taxpayers a boatload of money. He is losing, he knows it, we know it, the entire world knows it. Get out now.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
27. "mail-in absentee voting" usa.gov ; "Absentee voting aka mail-in voting" vote.org
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:53 AM
Jul 2020
https://www.usa.gov/absentee-voting
https://www.vote.org/absentee-voting-rules/

Even his own government says he's full of shit.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/trumps-absentee-vs-mail-in-ballot-spin/ "the president is wrong to repeatedly insist that absentee ballots — like the one he said he cast in March — include “a very strict process” that mail-in ballots do not"

Former Republican head of DHS Tom Ridge:
"I think it's very sad and very disappointing that with almost five months to go, the president seems to [want to] try to delegitimize the Nov. 3 election," said Ridge. "It just seems to me that this may be an indication he's more worried about the outcome than he's worried about fraud."


Trump is inventing a distinction where none exists, and also peddling baseless claims of rigged elections and fraudulent ballots. Different states use different terms, but "absentee ballots" are "mail-in ballots," and vice versa. Regardless, there are strict measures in place across the country to verify the authenticity of all ballots cast in the mail. These measures are very successful -- more than 99.9% of votes in US elections are legitimate.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/fact-check-trump-absentee-versus-mail-ballots/index.html

Don't let the illegal attempt to postpone the election allow him to get away with the "mail-in is not absentee" bullshit.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
30. Embarrassment.................look in the f**king mirror...................oh yeah.....
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:03 AM
Jul 2020

FU.....................we are voting.......

PatSeg

(46,794 posts)
31. He's getting really desperate and paranoid
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:06 AM
Jul 2020

He's had another really bad week and HIS economy is breaking records, but not in a good way. The man loves superlatives and now pretty much everything is the worst "people have ever seen", including his presidency.

Trump is losing and losing badly and his solution is to "delay the election"? Which dictator's handbook did he get that one from?

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
32. His term ends on Jan 20th 2021....
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:10 AM
Jul 2020

elected or not , there is no acting or temporary provision. He can either walk or be carried out. Those are the only constitutional provisions.

Paper Roses

(7,468 posts)
33. We knew this was coming. Another excuse to take over the US government.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:14 AM
Jul 2020

If I live long enough, I will be in line to cast me vote in November. To hell with the 'by mail' stuff, I don't trust that boxes will be found uncounted. My town has paper ballots. I'll be there on line as soon as the polls open.

Can I tell you how much I dislike this idiot we have to call pResident. I have that funny feeling that this was planned.
Call me negative but I've seen too many of his shenanigans to swallow this one.

Kris Mac

(16 posts)
37. If he is staging a coup
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:32 AM
Jul 2020

The only help that he may possibly get is from the police unions. But, the pentagon won't go for this, not for a minute. And, there is the obvious...the constitution forbids it.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
41. People can go back to work and kids back to school.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:46 AM
Jul 2020

8 hours a day, 5 days a week, but it's dangerous to let people go to the polls for an hour or 2 on one day to vote. Oh, and absentee ballots are okay but mail-in ballots are FRAUD! This man is a stale joke.

samsingh

(17,571 posts)
44. this should destroy motivation in his base
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:59 AM
Jul 2020

a winner does not want to postpone.

and they don't care of safety - see the other elections that the repugs thought they could win that were NOT postponed

this traitor in fact wanted to have in person events until recently.

he has admitted he has lost. his base should stay at home.

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
47. everyone early vote and/or vote by mail. GET OUT TRUMP GO HOME.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:11 AM
Jul 2020

and take spineless R Pence with you.

lastlib

(22,981 posts)
49. Delay it my ass!!--MOVE IT UP!!
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:13 AM
Jul 2020

Next week would be good. Tomorrow would be better!! The sooner we get that trainload of shit OUT of the White House, the better off the whole world will be!

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
54. Quoth Abraham Lincoln when the country was torn by a war HE DIDN'T START...
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:26 AM
Jul 2020

"We cannot have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.”

Lincoln didn't cause the divisions in our country; he merely sought to act on them. Trump created and exacerbated divisions.

Lincoln faced a war by the die hard racists who betrayed their country, a war in 600,000 people died. Trump faces a plague that he incompetently exacerbated.

This mindless twerp, as his niece pointed out, has avoided responsibility for actions in his entire live.

He needs to die in prison, in a small cell, with a steel toilet.

klook

(12,134 posts)
58. Great reminder -- hope the "Party of Lincoln"
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:35 AM
Jul 2020

doesn’t let this imbecilic wannabe Saddam keep this up for long.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
62. They are decidedly NOT the party of Lincoln. He and his great successor Grant would be appalled.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:38 AM
Jul 2020

Roc2020

(1,603 posts)
67. He is dizzying desperate and
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 12:05 PM
Jul 2020

grabbing at straws. he is dangerous. not even a war can change the election day. Keep him away from the nuclear codes.

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
70. Altogether now - Bright, shiny object! Squirrel!
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 12:36 PM
Jul 2020

Not only has the chairman of the FEC said it's not going to happen, but here's an analysis that's pretty cogent.

https://qr.ae/pNsZrU

Bettie

(15,998 posts)
74. Well, we definitely shouldn't have it until
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 05:17 PM
Jul 2020

November 3rd.

Well, except for the absentee ballots which can be filled out earlier.

Rizen

(703 posts)
75. He's a fucking waste of life
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 06:45 PM
Jul 2020

and so are republicans for supporting him. I want those worthless shit stains out of the government.

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