Mitchell & Pelosi Push Conspiracy Theory of Trump Delaying Election
By Kyle Drennen | April 24, 2020 1:58 PM EDT
During a softball interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell asked about a conspiracy theory being pushed by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden that President Trump would try to use the coronavirus pandemic to “kick back the election†in November. Rather dismiss the unfounded claim, the supposed journalist wondered how Pelosi could prevent the imagined scheme.
“I do want to ask you that Joe Biden raised the issue, he thinks the President is trying to kick back the election and somehow not have the – create a rationale not to hold the election on November 3rd, as scheduled, if there’s a resurgence of the virus in the fall,†Mitchell touted. She then made it clear that she shared Biden’s fear: “It’s a constitutional mandate. Are you sure that you can – and Democrats – can make sure that we have the election as scheduled?â€
Pelosi didn’t waste any time denouncing the fictional scenario and urging her colleagues to “stand up for our country, our Constitution, and our democracy†against the nefarious plan – which Biden invented out of thin air:
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