Senator Bernie Sanders slammed Donald Trump on Thursday, providing indictment of the president's latest comments that hint at a rigged November election and show him as a threat to the nation's democracy. The Senator ripped the president particularly over what he has said about election integrity until now.

During an address at George Washington University in Washington, Sanders urged Americans to actually listen to and take seriously what Trump says. The Vermont independent then referred to all of the president's latest public statements about the election, including earlier this year when he claimed that the only way his rival Joe Biden can win the election if by ensuring the election is rigged.

Aside from that, he has been repeatedly talked about serving more than the two terms, which the Constitution allows. Despite Trump's baseless complaints about mass voter fraud in elections, Sanders alluded to several studies, including the conclusion of Trump's own White House that has found voter fraud to be extremely rare.

Sanders also criticized the president's attempt to raise questions regarding the legitimacy of mail-in voting before an election that is expected to witness high levels of votes cast by mail citing the coronavirus pandemic. The Senator referred to an interview in which Trump seems to admit that his opposition to including funding for the USPS in the coronavirus bill was a result of his desire to quell Democratic efforts to expand mail-in voting, as reported by NPR.

He pointed out that Trump himself seemed to be encouraging voter fraud earlier this month when he urged North Carolina voters to try and vote twice as a test of mail-in voting systems, POLITICO reported. A large portion of Sander's speech revolved around the latest events.

He accused Trump of going even further down the path of authoritarianism while referring to his refusal earlier this week to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he ends up losing the reelection. "Trump’s strategy to delegitimize this election and to stay in office if he loses is not complicated," Sanders announced.

The Senator went on to suggest that the president is trying massive voter suppression in the wake of polls showing him trailing Biden. He began his speech by talking about the levels of income inequality, lack of guaranteed health care for Americans, and the threat of climate change.

Sanders said the aforesaid issues are important and should be the issues that are being debated in this campaign, but said he won't be talking about them. The Senator said he would be discussing something he never thought he would be discussing, before pointing out at numerous action items that he claims might help reduce chaos surrounding the impending election.