Donald Trump has been accused with “flirting with treason” by Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren over his refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose November’s election to Joe Biden.
The president told a rally crowd in Jacksonville, Florida, on Thursday that the ballot’s outcome will determine "whether we end the pandemic", with the US coronavirus death toll surpassing 200,000 on his watch, as he claimed his DC rivals are holding up progress on a vaccine.
Trump claimed he was the victim of a “political hit” on the issue, accusing the US Food and Drug Administration of deliberately making approval standards more stringent for drug companies in order to delay the release of a Covid-19 vaccine until after Election Day.
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