MPR News Update

Daily Digest for September 24, 2020

Posted at 7:45 a.m. by Michael Olson
 

Good morning. 

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that he might not accept the election results if he is not declared the winner in November.

"We're going to have to see what happens. You know that. I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster," Trump said, alluding to his unsubstantiated arguments about widespread mail-in ballot fraud. (NPR)

BBC: Mitt Romney, a Republican senator who is a rarity in his party because he occasionally criticises the president, tweeted on Wednesday: "Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful transition of power; without that, there is Belarus. "Any suggestion that a president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable." 

March 4, 1801: "On the heels of his humiliating defeat in the previous year’s election, John Adams was setting an important precedent. His departure from office marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political opponents in the United States, now viewed as a hallmark of the nation’s democracy. Since then, the loser of every presidential election in U.S. history has willingly and peacefully surrendered power to the winner, despite whatever personal animosity or political divisions might exist." ( History.com)

There’s no letup in the presidential campaign attention being paid to Minnesota.

Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to make a quick stop Thursday for an event focused on showing support for police officers. The “Cops for Trump” listening session will be held at a Minneapolis-St. Paul airport hotel. President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, is due to join Pence on the stop. She is also scheduled to appear at an event in Winona Friday morning.

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