Elections

Trump Suggests Delaying Presidential Election During Covid-19, Tsunami Backlash Floods Twitter

Published

4 years ago

July 30, 2020

President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning about his concerns regarding mail-in ballot voting in the November presidential election due to the COVID-19 outbreak and suggested a never before action to delay the vote “until people can properly, securely and safely vote??”

The United States has never delayed an election. In fact, the only time it was ever suggested was during the Civil War and it never happened. Only Congress has the power to delay a general election date and it there is almost a zero percent chance that it will occur.

So why did POTUS make the controversial suggestion? Who knows. But maybe, like many of his controversial tweets, he wants to draw attention to the concerns of mail-in ballots but for many people, this Tweet went too far.

Changing Election Day would require an act of Congress so… no, the election will not be delayed. https://t.co/wooSiYoR5b
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 30, 2020

The responses on Twitter after Trump’s unusual statement was nothing short of a tsunami backlash that now has some GOP leaders, conservatives and all his opponents either concerned about why the President would make such a controversial suggestion or using it to suggest he is unwilling to relinquish his presidency if he loses to former Vice President Joe Biden.

However, Trump’s concerns are legitimate considering the mounting evidence that mail-in voting is ripe with fraud. For example, past elections that utilized mail-in ballots revealed the lengthy amount of time it takes to count the ballots, lost ballots and prosecutions of people that attempted to alter the ballots being submitted.

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

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288818160389558273

The backlash was fierce against the President’s suggestion and came from all sides, including some of his supporters.

In a falsehood-ridden tweet, President Trump suggested delaying the November election.

Election Day has been set in federal law since 1845 and would require Congressional consent to delay — which is extremely unlikely to happen. (1/3) https://t.co/9Qur8im5Aq
— NPR (@NPR) July 30, 2020

You should understand that Presidents do NOT have any authority to delay or set the date for an election. The Constitution grants that power to Congress. Trump's tactics – well-known by now – are to distract you from bad news like today's GDP report: pic.twitter.com/3Dzo5tkj6m
— West Wing Reports (by Paul Brandus) (@WestWingReport) July 30, 2020

BREAKING: In a remarkable move by a sitting president, Pres. Trump suggests delaying the presidential election over his persistent false attacks about mail-in voting. It's not within the power of the president to delay the election. https://t.co/Tn8Akb5TGn
— ABC News (@ABC) July 30, 2020

China

Analysis: Biden unlikely to sanction Iran’s oil exports, gas prices ‘critical during an election year’

Published

13 hours ago

April 17, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

Analysts say President Joe Biden is unlikely to “prompt dramatic sanctions action on Iran’s oil exports” due to “worries about boosting oil prices and angering top buyer China” according to Reuters.

Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, House Republican Representative Steve Scalise, said the administration had made it easier for Iran to sell its oil, generating revenues that were being used to “go fund terrorist activity.”

The Biden administration has maintained for months that among its primary goals is to keep the Gaza conflict between terror group Hamas and Israel from turning into a wider regional war. However, House Republican leaders accused President Joe Biden of failing to enforce existing measures and said they would take up this week a series of bills to sharpen sanctions on Iran.

Kimberly Donovan, a sanctions and anti-money laundering expert at the Atlantic Council, said that oil-related sanctions have not been strictly enforced in the past couple of years.

“I would not expect the administration to tighten enforcement in response to Iran’s missile and drone attacks against Israel over the weekend, mainly for concerns (that) could lead to increases in oil prices,” she said.

“The price of oil and ultimately the prices of gas at the pump become critical during an election year.”