In an interview with CNN broadcast on Friday, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi discussed President Donald Trump\u2019s recent suggestion to delay the November\u2026<\/b>
\nIn an interview with CNN broadcast on Friday, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi discussed President Donald Trump\u2019s recent suggestion to delay the November election, The Hill reported.
While railing against mail-in voting, Trump argued that the election needs to be postponed in order to protect public health and safety amid the coronavirus pandemic.
\u201cThe reason he does it is because the more people hear something like that, the more they\u2019re discouraged to vote,\u201d Pelosi told anchor Brianna Keilar.
\u201cIt\u2019s a way to suppress the vote.\u201d
Pelosi pointed out that Trump proposed delaying the November contest on Thursday, right before civil rights icon John Lewis\u2019 funeral.
\u201cAt the same time as we are burying a hero of voting rights, our democracy, he goes out and says something beneath the dignity of the White House. But he does that almost every day, beneath the dignity of the presidency,\u201d she said.
Trump \u2014 who voted absentee in the Republican Party primaries earlier this year \u2014 has long argued against vote-by-mail, warning of possible voter fraud.
On the day of Lewis\u2019 funeral, he also took a shot at former President Barack Obama, claiming to have done more for African Americans and other minority groups.
The commander-in-chief did not attend the late Congressman\u2019s funeral. Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush did. Each of them held a speech praising the legendary civil rights leader for the contributions he made in the fight against racial inequality.
Pelosi pointed out that three of Trump\u2019s predecessors took the time to speak highly of Lewis, taking a shot at Trump\u2019s weight.
\u201cYou would think that there would be an ounce, in that big frame, of decency to say something about the importance of voting in our democracy, instead of criticizing somebody else\u2019s eulogy,\u201d Pelosi said.
Per BBC, studies have shown that vote-by-mail systems are, in fact, not vulnerable to manipulation. For instance, according to research from the Brennan Center for Justice, the overall voter fraud in the United States is between 0.00004 percent and 0.0009 percent.
Similarly, a study conducted by Arizona State University established that there were only 491 cases of postal ballot fraud between 2000 and 2012.
As the publication noted, states are allowed to create their own rules for federal elections. Hawaii, California, Utah, Washington, Oregon and Colorado have already switched to all-mail ballot elections.
As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Trump\u2019s Thursday proposal was swiftly rejected by both Democrats and Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and dozens of other Republicans pushed back against the president\u2019s suggestion, saying that the election will be held on November 3.<\/p>\n