White House Chief of Staff Meadows says US will hold election on Nov 3

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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Sunday that the United States will hold an election on Nov 3 and that President Donald Trump was ...

, a proposal that was immediately rejected by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress - the sole branch of government with the authority to make such a change.

Critics and even Trump's allies dismissed the notion as an unserious attempt to distract from devastating economic news, but some legal experts warned that his repeated attacks could undermine his supporters' faith in the election process. The Republican president has been trying to undermine confidence in mail-in balloting, claiming repeatedly and without evidence that it would lead to widespread voter fraud.

Meadows took up his boss's cause on Sunday, warning that mail-in ballots must be handled properly without providing evidence that they have not been in the past.Asked if it were irresponsible for Trump to float the idea, Meadows skirted the question, saying"It is responsible for him to say that if we try to go to 100 per cent universal mail-in ballots, will we have an election result on November 3? Now I would suggest we wouldn't even have it on January 1.

 

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