| FOCUS: Trump Floats Whether to 'Delay the Election,' Something He Cannot Legally Do |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=23647"><span class="small">The New York Times</span></a> |
| Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:08 |
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Excerpt: "Republicans offered a rare rebuke of President Trump on Thursday, condemning his suggestion that the Nov. 3 general election be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic - something he has no authority to order."
Trump Floats Whether to 'Delay the Election,' Something He Cannot Legally Do30 July 20
Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 2016 rivals for the Republican presidential nomination who have since become staunch Trump supporters, both dismissed the idea that Election Day could change. Senator Lindsey Graham, Mr. Trump’s foremost public defender in the Senate, said there would be a safe vote in November. And officials in key swing states showed little interest in engaging on the topic. “We’re going to have an election, it’s going to be legitimate, it’s going to be credible, it’s going to be the same as it’s always been,” Mr. Rubio told reporters at the Capitol in Washington. |
epublicans offered a rare rebuke of President Trump on Thursday, condemning his suggestion that the Nov. 3 general election be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic — something he has no authority to order.