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Key Republicans Push Back on Trump Hesitance to Assure Peaceful Transfer of
Power

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - Leading Republicans are stressing the importance of a
   peaceful transition of power in the U.S., a day after President Donald
   Trump declined to commit to one if he loses his bid for re-election to
   Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden.
   "We're going to have to see what happens," said the president in
   response to a reporter's question during a White House news conference
   on Wednesday evening. "I've been complaining very strongly about the
   ballots and the ballots are a disaster."
   Trump, without evidence, has repeatedly predicted massive fraud with
   tens of millions of mail-in ballots, which Democrats have encouraged
   amid the coronavirus pandemic.
   "We want to have -- get rid of the ballots," continued the president,
   explaining if that happens "there won't be a transfer, frankly;
   there'll be a continuation."

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