Pelosi Accuses Trump of Trying to Suppress Vote With Calls for Delay

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday accused President Donald Trump of attempting to suppress voter turnout in November’s presidential election when he suggested the country consider postponing the vote because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The California Democrat’s comments to CNN came a day after Trump posted to Twitter that mail-in voting – promoted by Democrats as an alternative to traditional voting to avoid crowded polling locations – would encourage fraud.

"The reason he does it is because the more people hear something like that, the more they're discouraged to vote,"...