President Trump took aim at critics in the mainstream media on Twitter Thursday after his suggestion of delaying the 2020 election sparked quick, widespread backlash.
“Glad I was able to get the very dishonest LameStream Media to finally start talking about the RISKS to our Democracy from dangerous Universal Mail-In-Voting (not Absentee Voting, which I totally support!),” Trump wrote in the first of a series of late afternoon tweets.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288932940337090561?s=20
“Must know Election results on the night of the Election, not days, months, or even years later!” the president wrote in a follow-up tweet, adding that “We are going to WIN the 2020 Election, BIG!.”
Members of the media and politicians on both sides of the aisle had condemned the president’s earlier suggestion that the U.S. could delay the upcoming election over security concerns about mail-in ballots.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288933078287745024?s=20
“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” the president argued in an 8:46 a.m. tweet that was still pinned to the top of his profile early Thursday evening. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
In response, top lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum doled out soundbites opposing the move.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in an interview with a radio station in his home state of Kentucky that the date of the election is set in stone.
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