Monday, September 28, 2020

AMERICAN POLITICS - The "Orange King" Threatens Democracy


 

"Trump prompts controversy with refusal to accept a potential election defeatPBS NewsHour 09/24/2020 Excerpt
SUMMARY:  The U.S. presidential race is preoccupied Thursday with a stunning question: Might President Trump refuse to abide by the results of an election he loses?  So far, Trump has declined to confirm he would accept defeat, prompting widespread criticism and disbelief.  But Republican lawmakers are insisting that if Trump loses, a peaceful transition of power will occur.  Amna Nawaz reports.

 

 

 

 

"Trump says voting by mail isn’t reliable.  What does the evidence show?PBS NewsHour 09/24/2020 Excerpt
SUMMARY:  President Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power is tied to his criticism and false statements about voting by mail, which is expected to reach record levels in this election.  Trump insists it can't be trusted -- but many state and local election officials disagree.  Miles O’Brien reports on how voting by mail works -- and what past experience indicates about its reliability.

 

 

 

 

"Why Trump’s statements on mail-in ballots, election results are ‘extremely problematic’PBS NewsHour 09/24/2020 Excerpt
SUMMARY:  Amid President Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election, new scrutiny is being applied to the security and integrity of American voting.  Kathleen Hall Jamieson is director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, and she joins Judy Woodruff to discuss Trump’s “deeply problematic” statements and what they say about U.S. democracy.

 




No comments: