Former US Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of trying to 'put his knee on the neck of democracy' by undermining ...
LONDON: Former US Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of trying to"put his knee on the neck of democracy" by undermining mail-in voting and sowing doubts, without evidence, about the integrity of the Nov 3 election.
Gore said Americans must be prepared for vote tallies that take days to complete after Election Day, and that the candidate who appears to be winning in initial results may end up losing once all ballots are counted.In 2000, Gore and Bush were separated by only a few hundred votes in the battleground state of Florida, whose electoral votes would determine the election's outcome.
"It's not really up to him," Gore said, noting that Trump's term would end on Jan 20, 2021, if he loses, under parameters set by the US Constitution. "To try to deprive people who are scared of the pandemic from voting by mail by dismantling the Postal Service - he's attempting to put his knee on the neck of democracy," Gore said.
Trump trails Biden in opinion polls as he seeks re-election amid a pandemic that has killed more than 177,000 Americans. Unlike the pandemic, which triggered economic shutdowns intended to curb the pathogen's spread, climate change can be mitigated by investing in the economy's future, Gore said.
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