Trump Might Try to Postpone the Election. That's Unconstitutional.

[Zorro]

He should be removed unless he relents.

I have voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980, including voting for Donald Trump in 2016. I wrote op-eds and a law review article protesting what I believe was an unconstitutional investigation by Robert Mueller. I also wrote an op-ed opposing President Trump’s impeachment.

But I am frankly appalled by the president’s recent tweet seeking to postpone the November election. Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the Democrats’ assertion that President Trump is a fascist. But this latest tweet is fascistic and is itself grounds for the president’s immediate impeachment again by the House of Representatives and his removal from office by the Senate.

Here is what President Trump tweeted:

Link to tweet

The nation has faced grave challenges before, just as it does today with the spread of the coronavirus. But it has never canceled or delayed a presidential election. Not in 1864, when President Abraham Lincoln was expected to lose and the South looked as if it might defeat the North. Not in 1932 in the depths of the Great Depression. Not in 1944 during World War II.

So we certainly should not even consider canceling this fall’s election because of the president’s concern about mail-in voting, which is likely to increase because of fears about Covid-19. It is up to each of the 50 states whether to allow universal mail-in voting and Article II of the Constitution explicitly gives the states total power over the selection of presidential electors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/trump-delay-election-coronavirus.html

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Nah, he's already walked it back- he's focused on delegitamizing mail in ballots nt

[SCantiGOP]

2. Cancel the election

Nancy Pelosi then becomes President when Trump’s term expires in January, she names Biden as VP and then resigns.

[C_U_L8R]

3. He's setting the stage for chaos.

Trump knows he's going to lose. His believes his only hope is to create chaos and deny the result. It's a losing strategy.