Sanders says Trump is ready to undermine democracy to stay in power
The senator slammed the president's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and his opposition to mail-in voting.
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The senator slammed the president's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and his opposition to mail-in voting.
"I haven't seen this volume of people willing to publicly say, 'I can't support my party,'" former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
In a speech Thursday, Senator Bernie Sanders warned that President Donald Trump "is prepared to undermine American democracy in order to stay in power." His comments came a day after the president refused to promise a peaceful transfer of power if he loses. Sanders said the 2020 election is a race "between Donald Trump and democracy, and democracy must win." Watch a portion of his remarks.
President Trump is refusing to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose the 2020 election. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy reports on the president's comments, and Cassie Smedile of the Republican National Committee joined CBSN to give the party's response.
When asked by a reporter, President Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the 2020 election. CBS News campaign reporter Nicole Sganga has more.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Supreme Court, where the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose. People outside could be heard booing and chanting, "Vote him out!" CBSN's Anne-Marie Green has more.
An Arizona Senate race is taking on new importance following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The contest between former astronaut Mark Kelly and Senator Martha McSally could help determine the vote on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, depending on the timing. Dylan Smith, editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com, joined CBSN to discuss the state of the race in Arizona.
President Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose to Joe Biden.
President Trump says he's spoken with the Kentucky governor amid the protests stemming from the Breonna Taylor case. He praised the state's attorney general in a press briefing Wednesday when asked about the case. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joined CBSN with the latest.
Onlookers at the Supreme Court loudly booed and chanted "Vote him out!" as Trump stood by Ginsburg's casket.
"I wish a lot of luck to Harry, because he's going to need it," Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump told reporters tightened standards from the FDA for an emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine "sounds like a political move."
The president also fielded questions about his Supreme Court nominee and about the development of a COVID vaccine.
President Trump on Wednesday night refused to say if he would accept the results of the upcoming election. The comments came as the president continued to suggest the election may end up being decided by the Supreme Court. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
Asked at a White House press briefing whether he'd commit to a peaceful transfer of power, President Trump said, "We're going to have to wait and see what happens" with the election. Watch his remarks.
Meanwhile, President Trump will be announcing his conservative female Supreme Court nominee Saturday afternoon.
In an interview with CBSN in 2016, when she was a law professor at Notre Dame, Amy Coney Barrett talked about the political battles over filing a Supreme Court seat in a presidential election year. Barrett is now a federal judge and one of President Trump's leading contenders to fill a vacancy on the high court. "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano and CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe have more on her comments.
"I think this will end up in the Supreme Court," the president said of the presidential election.
In a post-election interview on 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl asked the future president whether his Supreme Court justice nominees would look to overturn Roe v. Wade.
At his rally in Pittsburgh Tuesday, President Trump elicited cheers and laughter from supporters as he recounted the story of police pushing aside a reporter "like he was a little bag of popcorn." He called it a "beautiful sight," considering "the crap we've all had to take so long." Watch his remarks.
The National Security Council official who conducted the prepublication review of Bolton's book said involvement by political appointees at the White House was "unprecedented."
The president said law enforcement threw a reporter aside "like he was a little bag of popcorn."
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, one of President Trump's top contenders to be nominated for Justice Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat, visited the White House again yesterday. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joins CBSN with the latest.
Mr. Trump said there are four or five candidates on his short list to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Mr. Trump tweeted on Saturday that Republicans have an "obligation" to push through a nominee to replace Ginsburg "without delay!"