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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders says Trump is trying to undermine the election to stay in power
WASHINGTON In his first major public speech since bowing out of the presidential race, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Thursday that President Trump is trying to undermine the legitimacy of the upcoming election.
Today the peaceful transition of power, the bedrock of American democracy, is being threatened like never before, Sanders said at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
The speech came less than a day after Trump declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power at a Wednesday press conference. Trumps remarks sparked fierce criticism from Democrats, while a number of Republican senators noted without naming the president that a peaceful transfer of power is a bedrock principle of American government.
The Vermont senator and runner-up in this years Democratic primary was particularly critical of Trumps repeated and unfounded criticism of mail-in balloting. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail has grown exponentially more popular this year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-says-trump-is-trying-to-undermine-the-election-to-stay-in-power/ar-BB19oodZ?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)PJMcK
(22,023 posts)That's a firm grip of the obvious you've got there!
Seriously, what can Senator Sanders do to help VP Biden get elected? That's where his efforts will be most useful.
murielm99
(30,724 posts)Did Bernie vote? Was he there?