President Donald Trump floated a suggestion: “Delay the Election,” something Democrats have feared since the beginning of the pandemic.
In a Thursday morning tweet, the president once again blasted “universal mail-in voting” and claimed if people vote that way then the 2020 presidential election will be “the most INACCURATE [and] FRAUDULENT Election in history.”
“It will be a great embarrassment to the USA,” he added, before adding the controversial question.
He asked, “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” This is something that Trump does not have the power to do by himself, however, and there is no evidence to support mail-in voting contributing to widespread voter fraud. Despite the fear from Democrats, this is the first time the president has explicitly floated the idea.
See the tweet below:
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
On Thursday morning, the president also tweeted a claim that mail-in voting is “already proving to be a catastrophic disaster.”
“The Dems talk of foreign influence in voting, but they know that Mail-In Voting is an easy way for foreign countries to enter the race. Even beyond that, there’s no accurate count!” he added.
Mail-In Voting is already proving to be a catastrophic disaster. Even testing areas are way off. The Dems talk of foreign influence in voting, but they know that Mail-In Voting is an easy way for foreign countries to enter the race. Even beyond that, there’s no accurate count!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
Trump’s tweet comes as there are 95 days until the 2020 presidential election, where he will face off with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The election-year has been changed in many ways as the U.S. had been combatting the coronavirus pandemic.