Former U.S. 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 ballots and sowing doubts about the legitimacy of the Nov. 3 election.
“He seems to have no compunctions at all about trying to rip apart the social fabric and the political equilibrium of the American people, and he’s strategically planting doubts in advance,” Gore, a Democrat, said in a virtual conversation with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler and Reuters Editor-at-Large Harold Evans.
Gore, who served as vice president from 1993 to 2001 during Bill Clinton’s presidency and lost the 2000 presidential election to Republican George W. Bush, called Trump’s actions a “despicable strategy.”
Gore echoed other Democrats who have suggested Trump is deliberately pushing postal cutbacks to undermine voting by mail.
“He’s attempting to put his knee on the neck of democracy,” Gore said.
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