Prominent Democrats have expressed serious concerns that Trump may refuse to leave office should he lose the election in November. When asked by Fox News’ Chris Wallace in July, if he would accept the election results, Trump said, “I have to see. Look, you — I have to see. No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time, either.” Earlier this summer, Trump suggested delaying the presidential election, in which he trails by double-digits in many polls. “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump tweeted in late July. Earlier this month, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders warned that Congress and the media should begin to prepare for a scenario in which Trump refuses to willingly leave the White House. “This is not just idle speculation,” said Sanders. “What we have got to do in the next two months is to alert the American people about what that nightmarish scenario might look like in order to prepare them for that possibility and talk about what we do if that happens.” Back in May of 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to inoculate against that, we have to be prepared for that,” when discussing her concern that Trump would not give up power voluntarily if he lost re-election.
“If I lose to him, I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Trump said Saturday night. “I will never speak to you again. You’ll never see me again.”