Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept. 6 election for seats in the city legislature for a year because of a spike in novel coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the pro-democracy opposition hoping to make gains in the vote.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany condemned the actions taken by Hong Kong's Carrie Lam to suspend elections in the special administrative region for one year, saying the move "undermines" the democratic process in Hong Kong.

The statement of condemnation comes only one day after U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter and called for the 2020 presidential election to be delayed due to mail-in voting.

The U.S. president does not have the power to change the date of the election.

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