Indian Empire wrote:I hate to be that guy, but as an amateur politico, this thread title is extremely inaccurate. He claimed/proposed it, but he can't actually do anything. Congress sets the times for these elections, for one, and for two, the 20th Amendment requires the terms end in January, and if the Presidential Term expires he just makes Nancy Pelosi acting President anyway. In short, no, this isn't possible. The senate GOP will just act like they didn't see it and it'll fade from the headlines in favor of coronavirus information within a 24-48 hours.
We're all amateur politicos, it's not an honor, it's a burden.
Regardless, you're generally right with this, it's unprecedented that a President would ask to push back Election Day, but really, he just can't,