“It is terribly important that we actually listen to and take seriously what Donald Trump is saying,†Sanders said in an address at George Washington University in Washington.
He also noted that Trump himself appeared to encourage voter fraud earlier this month when he urged North Carolina voters to attempt to vote twice as a test of mail-in voting systems.
“Just last night Donald Trump went even further down the path of authoritarianism,†he said, referring to the president’s refusal on Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose reelection.
“Trump’s strategy to delegitimize this election and to stay in office if he loses is not complicated,†Sanders contended.
“This is not just an election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,†Sanders said, referring to the Democratic presidential nominee
Sanders also called on the news media to begin preparing the American electorate for the virtual certainty that because of increased mail-in voting, the winner of the election will not be decided on Nov