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At the request of a journalist, the president of the United States, Trump, has once again refused to promise a peaceful transfer of power in the event of an electoral defeat. Top Democrats see democracy in jeopardy.
Whether there will be a peaceful power shift if the President of the United States, Donald Trump is defeated, is far from certain at this point. “We have to wait and see what happens,” Trump said at a news conference at the White House. A journalist had previously asked him if he would guarantee a peaceful transfer in the event of a “victory, defeat or draw” in the “here and now” elections.
His Democratic challenger Joe Biden reacted in disbelief. “What kind of country are we in?” he asked. “I don’t know what to say about that,” Biden said. The opposition Democratic candidate and former vice president has been consistently ahead of Trump in the polls for months.
Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer even saw democracy in jeopardy. He criticized Trump’s statement on Twitter with the words: “This is how democracy dies. A president who desperately wants to cling to power who does not want to commit to a peaceful power shift.” Schumer also addressed the president directly: “President Trump: you are not a dictator and the United States will not allow you to be either.”
Trump again criticizes the vote by mail
It was only in an interview with Fox News in July that Trump refused to acknowledge the election result in any event. It will not say yes or no. Biden’s team released the same statement about Trump’s recent remarks that he made last summer: “The American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting unauthorized persons out of the White House.”
Trump again expressed doubts about the reliability of the electoral process. His criticism relates to voting by mail, which he describes as extremely susceptible to manipulation. He has already massively complained about the vote, which was “a disaster,” the US president said. The practice opens the door to electoral fraud, he claimed time and again.
Experts see no signs of tampering
Trump accuses Democrats of plotting “voter fraud” by promoting mail-order voting in states they govern. However, according to experts, there are no signs of manipulation by voting by letter.
It is extremely unusual for a sitting president to cast doubt on the democratic electoral process in the United States. However, Trump had refused to acknowledge the election result in the event of a victory for his then Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for four years. At the time, Trump said, “I will fully accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win.”
