Wow! Gotta give Olsen credit there. Although the cynical reading is that this was not sincere repentance, but just a basic realization that he had been so unequivocal in his previous op-ed that he had no chance of retaining any credibility unless he demonstrated some consistency. That had to hurt.
I’ve been convinced that rural areas of some states will have fewer voting stations than usual, regardless of any virus, and of course there will be stupid ID laws and registration hoops to jump through for a lot of voters.
Now that we have a NEW hoax-- Mail-in ballots are fraudulent-- why can’t congress just make it Election Week, instead of Election Day? Wouldn’t that give more time to get votes, count votes and even dispute votes if needed? Is that even possible?
This coincidentally comes just a few days after I finished Mary Trump’s book, which persuasively makes the case that the man is mentally unbalanced and a pathologically dangerous sociopath. He may well try to end the storied American principle of the peaceful transfer of executive power in the world’s most vaunted democracy, which he would happily reduce to a shambles if it serves his interests and his delusional ego.
I have to believe that ultimately there is some measure of patriotism among at least the majority of his Republican enablers who, as corrupt as they may be, will not allow him to destroy the country. Though Putin and Xi Jinping must be slavering at the prospective collapse of nearly two-and-a-half centuries of American democracy at the tiny hands of an uncontrollable lunatic.
You realize that proposing a reasonable solution to these problems automatically disqualifies you, right?
But, I’ll humor you: making it possible for more people to vote means that more Democrats will not only vote but get their votes counted! Can’t have none of that shit.
McConnell and trump have both said that if voting were easy and open to all those who are registered, no Republican would ever get elected again. I can look for a cite if you insist, but they’re both on record with that.
Oh, no. I know they’ve said that more than once. But Congress has to step up on this. Shut down any postponing crap so it just doesn’t happen. I usually have no problem voting in CA, but I will take the day off if needed to vote. Many can’t do that.
I would love to see a cite on that. You would be forever honored in the Doper Hall of Fighting Ignorance.
I think Trump said that.
Here is the cite on Trump saying it: Trump says Republicans would ‘never’ be elected again if it was easier to vote | Donald Trump | The Guardian
The direct quote was: “The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,”
I woke up to see the headline that Trump suggested postponing the election and thought someone was quoting The Onion. But, wow!
One of the “things” the Dems were suggesting was making Election Day a national holiday. You know, so hourly people can vote without losing pay. 
This is the headline of that article:
“Trump says Republicans would ‘never’ be elected again if it was easier to vote”
If you can stomach hearing his voice, here he is saying it on Fox & Friends:
Aside: I saw a great tagline for Fox News: “Because trump’s balls can’t lick themselves!” Cracked me up! 
McConnell called expanded voting in the form of a federal holiday a “power grab” by Democrats in 2019. Here’s a GQ article with a C-Span clip of McConnell basically telling Congress that more votes are bad for Republicans.
Nope, sorry. Olsen’s big finish:
McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should jointly introduce a nonbinding resolution in their respective chambers reiterating that it is the will of Congress that elections occur on Nov. 3 as scheduled. This resolution should be supported by every Republican member of each chamber, regardless of their beliefs on mail-in balloting. This resolution would immediately distinguish Trump from his party, to the latter’s advantage.
Oh, and Pence should “distance himself” from Trump.
It matters not if it serves his interests. All that individual cares about is his delusional ego.
Here’s a great thought. Let’s not have the election just like he wants. His term of office will then end in January and so will his veep’s term of office. So you know who that makes president, right? The Speaker of the House!
That’s where i got the idea, so if they didnt vote for Clinton, or trump, who did they vote for in 2016???
That’s a good response. I suppose just doing a Emily Litella would be too simple.
Yeah, I am not so sure about that, i think too many doofuses would just take a day off and go on a Vacation instead of voting.
You misunderstand my scenario. What you are describing applies when they have an election and no VP candidate gets at least 270 electoral votes. I am talking about a (very) hypothetical case where there are no elections for President or Congress; there would be no members of the House, and the only Senators would be the 66 not up for election in 2020. Since there is no President, no VP, and no Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate - someone elected at the start of each term - would automatically be acting President until one was elected.
Traditionally, the longest serving member of the Senate’s majority party is elected President Pro Tempore, but as this situation would be a de facto election of the next President, tradition goes out the window.
No, his primary rationale is the claim (I don’t think he actually “believes” this, or anything else more complex than “Big Macs are better with lots of ketchup”) that that voting by mail will lead to a fraudulent election. His primary reason is that he knows he’s losing, badly, and his usual tricks just aren’t working this time.
Sorry, I thought you were referring to my parents who did vote for Trump.
My friends were mostly in the “can’t vote for either of them” camp. But at least one did vote for Clinton while “holding his nose”.
There is nothing magic about the number 270. The requirement is a majority of electors appointed – if some states don’t appoint electors, that reduces the number required for a majority accordingly.
US Constitution, Amendment XII:
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed