Senior Republicans not enthused by Trump’s postpone the election move

Senior Republicans not enthused by Trump’s postpone the election move

The only way that Trump’s controversial postpone the election move could become a reality would be if senior Republicans were ready to go along with it. So far that backing seems to be absent.

Under the heading “Trump floats a ‘delay’ in the election. None of his usual allies are on board” the New York Times reports that top Republicans quickly rejected the move.

Never in the history of the federal elections have we not held an election, and we should go forward,” said Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader..Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, dismissed Mr. Trump’s suggestion in a TV interview said: “Never in the history of the country, through wars, depressions and the Civil War, have we ever not had a federally scheduled election on time, and we’ll find a way to do that again this Nov. 3,”

That really rules it out. Trump is going to get nowhere if figures like McConnell are rubbishing idea.

On Betfair it is now a 64% chance that the Democrats will retake the White House on November 3rd

Mike Smithson

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