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He has recently attracted a lot of attention after President Donald Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful inauguration if official results show he will not be re-elected on November 3.
Trump, who has claimed that mail-in ballots will lead to widespread electoral fraud, has argued that the election result may end up in the Supreme Court.
Historian Douglas Brinkley is alarmed by the statements.
“This may be the most damaging thing he has ever done to American democracy,” he told the New York Times.
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– Stern warnings
Chris Edelson, a professor at American University, believes the president’s allegations of voter fraud are a threat to core values.
– This is a president who has threatened to imprison his political opponents. Now he suggests that he will not respect the outcome of the elections. These are serious warnings, he tells the newspaper.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Photo: Andrew Harnik / AP / NTB scanpix
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has responded that Trump will not promise to walk quietly through the doors if he loses.
– What kind of country are we in? He says such irrational things. I don’t know what to answer to that. But that doesn’t surprise me, Biden said when asked to comment on Trump’s statement Wednesday night.
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– A big scam
The White House has ensured that Trump will accept the outcome of a free and fair election, but as recently as Thursday, he reiterated the claim that voting by mail facilitates electoral fraud.
– Therefore, we must be very careful with votes by mail. You know, it’s all one big scam, Trump said, claiming that boxes of postal votes have been found in a river and in garbage cans.
He has also said that the only way Democrats can win elections is through voter fraud.
