WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov.
3 presidential election.“We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of power. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.”Trump has been pressing a monthslong campaign against mail-in voting this November by tweeting and speaking out critically about the practice.
More states are encouraging mail-in voting to keep voters safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.The president, who uses mail-in voting himself, has tried to distinguish between states that automatically.