Trump Says He ‘Never Even Thought Of’ Delaying The 2020 Election

President Donald Trump is seen before the start of a Fox News virtual town hall meeting from the Rose Garden of the White House on March 24, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump dismissed on Monday evening the notion that he would attempt to push back the presidential election, as his 2020 Democratic rival Joe Biden predicted last week.

“I never even thought of changing the date of the election,” Trump said during his press briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic. “Why would I?”

The President described November 3, the date of the election this year, as “a good number,” and accused Biden of peddling “made up propaganda.”

“Let him know I’m not thinking about it at all, not at all,” Trump told reporters.

During a fundraising event last Friday, Biden speculated that Trump would manufacture an excuse to push back the upcoming election.

“Mark my words, I think he is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held,” the Democratic candidate said.

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  1. UHH HUH… a dead giveaway that he is planning it as he speaks.

  2. OK, another lie, you have been thinking of it for at least two years. Biden was smart to bring it up, it will make it harder for Trump to come up with some excuse to do it.

  3. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    "We’re gonna’ look into this delaying thing. I’ve heard good things about dealing, uh, delaying stuff.
    I’ll appoint a commission to see what we can do…"

  4. You are not funny anymore

  5. “But when I do say it, I will get to say Democrats did it first.”

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