Republicans openly challenge Trump's tweet on delaying election

[babylonsister]

Republicans openly challenge Trump's tweet on delaying election
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN
Updated 12:40 PM ET, Thu July 30, 2020


Washington (CNN)A number of congressional Republicans openly rejected President Donald Trump's suggestion Thursday that November's presidential election should be delayed, a move that the President would have no authority to make given that the Constitution gives Congress the power to set the date for voting.
It was the latest example of the President making incendiary comments on Twitter -- and putting Republicans in an awkward spot to deal with the fallout.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and Trump ally, told CNN when asked about the President's call to delay the election: "I don't think that's a particularly good idea."

Majority Whip Sen. John Thune, a member of Republican leadership, told CNN that there will be an election in November despite the President's tweet.

"I think that's probably a statement that gets some press attention, but I doubt it gets any serious traction," Thune said. "I think we've had elections every November since about 1788, and I expect that will be the case again this year," he said.

"No, we're not going to delay the election," Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said in an interview on Fox Business. "We're going to have the election completed and voting completed by Election Day."

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois tweeted, "Reminder: Election dates are set by Congress. And I will oppose any attempts to delay the #2020Election."

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/trump-election-tweet-republican-reaction/index.html

[empedocles]

1. Yes

[leftieNanner]

2. I notice that Sen. Barrasso is the only one who said flat-out NO

Thune and Graham said "well, maybe not".

Squishy answers leave wiggle room. Barrasso is 100% correct.

[nykym]

3. Lottsa talk from repug

lets see if they mean it.

[Xolodno]

4. Almost sounds like they

....want him gone as well.

[Aristus]

5. In times past, legislators guarded their Article I powers jealously.

They obviously put those aside to kiss at the ass of Trump.

But it looks like they may have rediscovered those powers...

[SWBTATTReg]

6. And, from what I have gathered from the good sources on DU, rump has absolutely no power to control

election cycles (states do). Even in the remotest chance that elections aren't held in Nov. 2020, rump and pence still would not be president or VP after 1/20/2021. Pelosi would be but she's up for reelection too and if she doesn't win then...there are numerous articles online describing all sorts of scenarios but I think that they all are moot. rump is going to try all sorts of tricks and even with this latest attempt of trump to 'delay' the election, the GOP rushed in immediately and said 'NO WAY'.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Not only that congress people, senators and on down the line are not elected or re-elected

They lose too!

[duforsure]

8. The longer republicans say and do nothing

And refuse to stop trump , they'll be seeing their support this election spiral downward even more. They'll also pay for not convicting criminal trump.