The Washington Post reports:
President Biden, in an interview with CNN aired Wednesday night, said that if he wins the November election, Trump will not admit defeat. “You can’t only love your country when you’re winning,” Biden said, adding: “He may not accept the outcome of the election. I promise you he won’t.”
In recent interviews with Time magazine, Trump did not rule out the possibility of political violence if he loses again. While he said he did not think there would be violence, he added that it “always depends on the fairness of the election.”
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, in a TV interview Sunday, dodged a question about Trump’s comments on political violence. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was pressed at least six times in a TV interview Sunday on whether he would accept this November’s results. He repeatedly declined to do so.
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One goal of our hostile foreign adversaries is to destabilize American democracy by casting doubt on its legitimacy. Candidates are choosing party over country when they refuse to commit to accepting results of 2024 election despite no evidence of fraud. https://t.co/MrdK6skIYw
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) May 9, 2024
how degraded and anti-American has the Republican Party become?
NBC: “a hallmark of our democracy is that both candidates agree to a peaceful transfer of power.”⁰⁰Scott: “This is why so many Americans believe NBC is an extension of the Democrat party.” https://t.co/2f9EwKKMYS
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 9, 2024
Top Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, are refusing to commit to accepting November’s election results, raising concerns that the country could see a repeat of the violent aftermath of Trump’s loss four years ago. https://t.co/CcBTDPrrIj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 8, 2024