Leo Ibarra
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany addressed the media and the American people on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump defended his call for a delay to the 2020 presidential election, saying there was concern of mail-in ballots delaying the results of the election.
He said his administration wants to have an election and would like to see voter ID, and stressed he was fine with absentee voting but not mail-in voting. It’s not clear how the President views those two things as being different.
Trump added that if the election is held using mail-in voting, the country would be a “laughing stock.”
As well, the White House is blaming Democrats on Capitol Hill for not reaching a compromise on a new relief package.
The White House offered a short-term extension Thursday of a $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped keep families and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Democrats rejected it, saying President Donald Trump’s team failed to grasp the severity of the crisis.
Democratic leaders panned the idea in late-night talks at the Capitol, opting to keep the pressure on for a more sweeping bill that would deliver aid to state and local governments, help for the poor and funding for schools and colleges to address the pandemic.
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