Bernie Sanders claims there are a 'number of plans' to make sure Trump is 'evicted from office' if he loses the election…. but refuses to say what any of them are
Bernie Sanders has claimed that a 'number of plans' are in place in case Donald Trump loses next month's election and refuses to leave the White House - but would not expand on what they were.
Sanders, who challenged Joe Biden for the Democrat candidacy, dropping out in April, appeared on Bill Maher's show on Friday night.
The Vermont senator was asked about Trump's repeated refusal to promise to accept the result of the November vote.
Trump himself has stated several times that he might not accept the result.
On Wednesday he once again refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's election.
'Well, we'll have to see what happens,' the president told a news conference at the White House. 'You know that.'
In July, he told Fox News: '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.'
Sanders said: 'If Trump attempts to stay in office after losing, there will be a number of plans out there for make sure he is evicted from office.'
Bernie Sanders appeared on Bill Maher's show on Friday night and said there were 'plans'
Maher asked him what the plans were to force Trump from the White House
Maher asked: 'What?'
Sanders ignored him, and said: 'Right now, and for the next five weeks, our job is to defeat him, and defeat him badly.'
Sanders said that 'it was more than a wish' to get him out.
On Thursday night Sanders spoke at George Washington University, and warned that the country was at a perilous moment in history.
'This is not just an election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,' he said. 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy—and democracy must win.'
Sanders told Maher that he was shocked and saddened that he needed to spell out what was at stake.
'Never in a million years did I think I'd have to give a speech about what do we do if a president refuses to leave office,' Sanders told Maher.
'Listen to what Trump is saying. Don't brush it off.'
Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to promise to accept the result of the election
Earlier on Friday evening, Trump was asked again about the possibility of losing to Biden, and insisted he didn't 'want to be cheated' or 'stupid'.
Raising once again the specter of voting fraud, he said: That's the only way we're gonna lose is if there's, uh, mischief — mischief, and it'll have to be on a big scale. So be careful.
'And we do want a very friendly transition. But we don't want to be cheated, and be stupid.'
On Saturday he added: 'This whole thing - I've been telling you, this whole ballot scam is going to cause a lot of problems for our country.
'I want to see a very peaceful transition, but it's got to be a legal process.'
Mitt Romney, a Republican senator who is a rarity in his party because he occasionally criticizes the president, tweeted on Wednesday: 'Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful transition of power; without that, there is Belarus.
'Any suggestion that a president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable.'