AP FACT CHECK: Trump's election agitations and distortions

[Nevilledog]

https://apnews.com/e9e3e76d3f066ab143239a1a03ede35d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heads snapped and eyes rolled when President Donald Trump made a case for considering an election postponement in the pandemic. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who agree on precious little, said forget about it.

Among them, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed Nov. 3 is set in stone. But with Trump previewing his angry discontent if the election is not to his liking, will the foundational rock of the republic hold?

Such questions will shadow the remainder of the campaign now that Trump has explicitly challenged a process that has unfolded on schedule through world wars, the Civil War and every existential calamity in history.

A look at Trump’s statement on the subject, his latest distortions of Democratic rival Joe Biden’s record and more from the past week:

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Watch his idiot followers line up behind him and call for the end of democracy.