President Donald Trump continued to attack mail-in voting as full of widespread fraud, a claim for which there is no evidence. CNN’s Anderson Cooper breaks down why the Trump administration’s justification for his rhetoric is alarming.
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CNN’s Erin Burnett rolls the tape of President Trump casting doubt on the fairness of the 2020 election should Joe Biden end up winning the presidency, and says that while some lawmakers say Trump isn’t serious, some of the president’s supporters seem to think he is.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) responds to President Donald Trump making a racially divisive attack against her at a campaign rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.He also denigrated the Minnesota congresswoman in her home state last month as “a horrible woman who hates our country” and insinuated that she may not have won her recent primary election.”Let’s check the mail-in vote,” Trump told the crowd, adding. “Where are the people that would vote for her?”Last summer, in a series of racist tweets, Trump told Omar and the other members of the “Squad” who have been outspoken against his policies — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib — to “go back” to their supposed home countries, though they were born in the United States and Omar is a naturalized citizen.Following his tweets, Trump’s supporters at a campaign rally in North Carolina chanted “send her back,” which was directed at Omar, as the President stood silently. He later claimed to disavow the chants.Trump has also promoted false smears against Omar and questioned her patriotism, highlighting some of her controversial comments on issues including Israel, law enforcement and the September 11th terrorist attacks.Trump, who has his own history of pushing anti-Semitic tropes, criticized Omar for tweets last year that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic, which she later apologized for.
President Donald Trump would not commit to providing a peaceful transition of power after Election Day, lending further fuel to concerns he may not relinquish his office should he lose in November.
Seth takes a closer look at Trump holding another packed rally after telling his supporters that virtually nobody is affected by a disease that has killed at least 200,000 Americans.
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with Dr. Fauci about the US coronavirus pandemic response as the country approaches 200,000 deaths.
CNN’s Erin Burnett fact checks the White House claim that President Trump is kept up at night by every coronavirus death.
With two months left before the election, Brianna Keilar pressed White House deputy communications director and deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern on when President Trump will release his health reform plan that would replace Obamacare.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered remarks on the Senate floor following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. McConnell said, “She was not just a lawyer. No, not just a lawyer, but a leader.” On the process of filing the Supreme Court’s vacancy, McConnell said, “President Trump’s nominee for this vacancy will receive a vote on the floor of the Senate…the Senate has more than sufficient time to process the nomination. History and precedent make that perfectly clear.”