There have been consistent concerns that President
Trump may not peacefully hand over his office if he loses in November elections.
The concerns were reinforced on Wednesday when he said that he would not commit
to peaceful transition of power after Election Day. “Well, we’re going to have
to see what happens,” President Donald Trump said in White House news conference
when was asked of his commitment to peaceful transition of power which is one
of the cornerstones of American democracy. Earlier on many occasions Trump has refused
to directly comment on whether he would accept the election results. He also
has jokingly said that he would stay in office well beyond the two terms, which
is in contrast to maximum two terms allowed constitutionally. But his latest
refusal to guarantee to transition free of violence has gone further down the
road, likely to alarm Democrats and his critics who are already on edge with his
sheer will to deploy federal law enforcements to handle country-wide protests
recently.
President Donald Trump and his administration
have maintained their concerns regarding mail-in ballots and its authenticity –
asserting it to be more of an illegitimate election. The claims of mail-in
ballot to be a fraud have been a direct indication of Trump’s sentiments
towards this year’s elections. “You know that I’ve been complaining very
strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster,” President Trump
said at a recent White House press briefing.
“Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very…there
won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation. The ballots are out
of control.” Trump’s insinuation directs that if ballots stay then he will lose,
that will be illegitimate election, and he won’t take the path of peaceful transition
of power. That’s enough reasons to question Trump’s modus operandi post
November outcome.
Trump’s hasty move to replace Supreme Court
justice position vacant after demise of Ruth Bader Ginsburg are also raising questions.
GOP is going against the precedent set by it in 2016 of not appointing justice when
Obama was in office. Now the fact that it is hell bent in moving forward with
the appointment is controversial. Trump has himself revealed that his interest
in appointing his nominee for the post is largely to tilt the scale to his side
if November results warrant so.
Sen. Mitt Romney, Utah Republican, who vowed
to vote for Trump’s Supreme Court justice nominee has slammed President’s
Wednesday comments. He tweeted, “Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful
transition of power; without that, there is Belarus. Any suggestion that a
president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable
and unacceptable.”
Democrats have criticized the recent
statements made by President Trump. His Democratic opponent former Vice President
Joe Biden called Trump’s statement as “irrational”. Biden’s campaign said that
they are prepared for all the shenanigans Trump would throw.
Every elections in the history of the United States
of America have seen graceful acceptance of election results by both the Presidential
contestants, and with always a peaceful transition of power. The statements by
President Trump are on the contrast side, indicating a distasteful approach to
fair elections and results.
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