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- Donald Trump has refused to admit defeat in the US presidential election, saying Joe Biden “was rushing to pose as the winner.”
- Trump claimed that in Pennsylvania, Republican poll watchers were not allowed “meaningful access to observe the counting process.”
- No evidence of electoral misconduct has emerged, although complaints have been filed in several states, particularly about insufficient access to observe vote counts.
Donald Trump, refusing to admit defeat in the US presidential election, said on Saturday that Joe Biden “was rushing to falsely pose as the winner” after television networks declared the Democrat victory.
“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him – they don’t want the truth exposed,” Trump said.
“The simple fact is that this election is far from over.”
Trump stressed that the states had not yet certified the results, and his campaign has launched multiple “legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate winner.”
However, the nearly complete results issued by each state showed an insurmountable advantage for Biden, allowing news networks to call out the overall result, as they do in every election.
With networks calling Pennsylvania pivotal and then Nevada for Biden on Saturday, he is now projected to win at least 279 electoral votes, surpassing the magic number of 270 needed to win in the United States Electoral College system that formally elects the president. .
Trump claimed that in Pennsylvania, Republican poll watchers were not allowed “meaningful access to observe the counting process.”
“Only one party involved in a violation would illegally keep observers out of the counting room and then fight in court to block their access,” Trump added.
The president’s defiant statement landed when he arrived at a golf course he owns in Virginia, on his first trip out of the White House since Election Day Tuesday.
His attorney Rudy Giuliani was in Philadelphia on Saturday, where he said Trump would continue to push the case for such complaints, particularly on Pennsylvania’s key battlefield, to go to US courts.
“Obviously, he is not going to budge when at least 600,000 votes are questioned,” Giuliani told reporters.
When asked for specific evidence of fraudulent votes, Giuliani did not provide any. “How can I tell you there is fraud or there is no fraud?” he said, though he repeatedly noted that observers were denied sufficient access to observe the vote count in Philadelphia.
“They kept our inspectors away.”
No evidence of electoral misconduct has emerged, although complaints have been filed in several states, particularly about insufficient access to observe vote counts.
Several Republicans in Congress strongly supported the president, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who insisted that “credible allegations of voting irregularities and misconduct” be taken seriously and investigated, not “hidden under the rug.”
“The media does not determine election results, but accurate, certified vote counts,” he said, adding that “Pennsylvania officials should take the allegations … seriously before certifying a final result.”
Biden is scheduled to address the nation at 8:00 pm on Saturday (0100 GMT).
