Leon Panetta: Trump Trying to Overturn Election ‘Is Incredibly Harmful for the Ability of Our Democracy to Function’

‘There should be a peaceful transition of power going on’

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PANETTA: “Well, all of this is incredibly harmful to the ability of our democracy to function as it should be functioning. There should be a peaceful transition of power going on. There should be cooperation between this administration and the incoming administration. There should be no question as to who is going to be the next president of the United States. All of that is the way our democracy has functioned in the past. And to raise these issues that have no foundation in truth or fact, and to constantly challenge the results of this election, send a terrible message not only to the incoming administration that’s trying to get to work, to deal with the problems that face our country, but it’s sending a terrible message abroad to both our allies and our adversaries that there are serious questions about the ability of our democracy to function.”

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