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Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell has insisted that there will be an orderly transition of power.
Republican leader Mitch McConnell has insisted that there will be an “orderly” post-election transition, something the president has questioned.
McConnell said that regardless of who wins the November 3 presidential election, there will be a peaceful inauguration on January 20.
A day earlier, President Donald Trump refused to commit to this, saying “we’ll have to see what happens.”
Trump has questioned the integrity of America’s vote-by-mail in recent months.
The president is currently behind his challenger, Democrat Joe Biden, in national opinion polls with 40 days to go.
With many more Americans casting their votes by mail this year due to the pandemic, Trump has questioned the security of this voting-by-mail system.
Every losing presidential candidate in modern times has relented. If Trump refused to accept the election result, he would take the country into uncharted territory.
Biden has suggested that if this happened, the military could remove Trump from the White House.
What have the Republicans said?
“The winner of the November 3 election will be inaugurated on January 20,” McConnell tweeted Thursday.
“There will be an orderly transition as there has been every four years since 1792.”
Other Republican lawmakers, including Trump’s vocal ally Senator Lindsey Graham, have also promised safe and fair elections.
“I can assure you it will be peaceful,” Graham told Fox News.
Senator Mitt Romney offered a more critical response Wednesday, saying that “any suggestion that a president might not respect this constitutional guarantee is unthinkable and unacceptable.”
What did Trump say?
Trump was asked by a reporter Wednesday night if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power “win, lose or tie” with Biden.
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“I have complained a lot about the ballots,” Trump said. “And the ballots are a disaster.”
When the journalist responded that “people are getting upset,” Trump chimed in: “Get rid of the ballots and you will have a very – you will have a very peaceful – there will be no transfer, frankly, there.” it will be a continuation “.
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In 2016, Trump also refused to commit to accepting the election results in his contest against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, which she characterized as an attack on democracy.
He was finally declared the winner, although he lost the popular vote by three million, a result that he still questions.
What have the Democrats said?
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Washington’s third-most powerful politician, told reporters Thursday that she was not surprised by Trump’s earlier comments.
Ms Pelosi added that the president “admires the people who are perpetuating their role in government,” citing Vladimir Putin of Russia, Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.
“But I remind you: you are not in North Korea, you are not in Turkey, you are not in Russia, Mr. President … so why don’t you try for a moment to fulfill your oath of office.”
Speaking to reporters in Delaware, Biden said Trump’s comments on the transition of power were “irrational.”
The Democrat’s team also said that “the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting intruders out of the White House.”
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Biden himself has been accused by conservatives of fueling election unrest by saying in August: “Does anyone think there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is re-elected?”
Last month, Clinton urged Biden this time not to admit defeat “under any circumstances” in a close contest on election night.
She posed the scenario that Republicans would attempt to “spoil the absentee vote” and mobilize an army of lawyers to challenge the result.
Doubts about the fairness of the November vote arise as another high-stakes political battle rages: whether or not to appoint a new Supreme Court justice before the elections.
