White House calls Trump's 'cancel the election' remark a joke
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s claim that 'we shouldn’t even have an election' was merely joking and facetious; the remarks, made in a Reuters interview and echoed in a House speech, drew scrutiny but do not reflect presidential authority—elections cannot be canceled under the Constitution or federal law.
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