President Donald Trump raised the prospect of delaying the November election, repeating unsubstantiated claims that the vote would be marred by fraud due to increased mail-in ballots, but Republican leaders in Congress immediately rebuffed the idea.
Mr Trump does not hold the power to delay the election and any delay would have to be approved by both the Senate and Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives.
“With Universal Mail-in Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” Mr Trump tweeted on Thursday morning. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
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