Trump tweeted that “Biden won,” something he had not said publicly before, though he said the Democrat’s victory was only “in the eyes” of the media. Biden defeated Trump by recapturing a trio of Midwestern battlefield states – Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – and surpassed the 270 electoral vote threshold for the presidency. Biden so far has 77.5 million votes, the most ever for a winning candidate, compared to 72.3 million for Trump.
The president has previously refused to accept the election results and insisted again on Sunday, saying: “I will grant NOTHING! We have a long way to go.
Even though he apparently acknowledged Biden’s victory, he also argued without evidence that the former vice president only won because the election was “rigged.” Then Trump made unsubstantiated complaints about election observers access and vote tabulations, saying, “WE WILL WIN!” Twitter soon posted warning labels on tweets.
There has been no widespread fraud in the 2020 elections. In fact, election officials from both political parties have publicly stated that the election went well and international observers confirmed that there were no serious irregularities.
The Trump campaign has tried to raise legal challenges across the country, but many of the lawsuits have been dismissed and none have included evidence that the outcome can be reversed.
More than a week after Election Day, Trump has not called Biden or made a formal concession, and White House officials have insisted they are preparing for a second term.
In recent days, Trump seemed to come closer and closer to acknowledging the reality of his loss. In comments Friday at the Rose Garden about a coronavirus vaccine, Trump said his administration “will not go into a lockdown” to curb the spread of Covid-19, adding that “whatever happens in the future, who knows. what administration it will be. ” Be? I guess time will tell. ”
Trump on Sunday renewed his baseless attacks on an election technology company, Dominion Voting Systems, with no evidence of serious wrongdoing. Dominion has said that it “denies the claims about any vote changes or alleged software problems with our voting systems.”
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a federal agency that oversees electoral security in the United States, said in a statement last week that “the November 3 elections were the safest in United States history.” The agency said: “There is no evidence that any voting system has removed or lost votes, changed votes or been compromised in any way.”
In his latest fundraising email, Trump told supporters that “we are fighting to ensure EVERY SINGLE LEGAL ballot is counted” and that he had “legal teams on the ground in every critical state.”
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