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VALDOSTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 05: President Donald Trump attends a rally in support of Senator David Perdue (R-GA) and Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) on December 05, 2020 in Valdosta, Georgia. The rally with the senators comes ahead of a crucial second-round election for Perdue and Loeffler on Jan. 5 that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate. Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP
VALDOSTA, Georgia – Donald Trump released another litany of unsubstantiated claims that he had stolen the U.S. presidential election at his first post-election rally on Saturday, telling the crowd that he would still end up winning.
“We are winning this election,” Trump said at the rally in Valdosta, Georgia, later adding that “we will still win it.”
“It is rigged. It’s a fixed deal, ”he said of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Despite growing Covid-19 cases across the country, few masks could be seen at the rally and many in the crowd failed to comply with social distancing measures.
Trump was joined by first lady Melania Trump, who delivered a short speech to the president.
The former reality TV star was campaigning in Georgia on behalf of two Republican Senate candidates facing a hugely important runoff on Jan.5.
Runoff races will decide which party controls the United States Senate, and Trump continued his bragging about rival Democrats.
“Georgia voters will determine which party leads which committee, writes each legislation, controls every taxpayer dollar,” he said.
“In a very simple way, you will decide if your children will grow up in a socialist country or if they will grow up in a free country.”
Some Republicans had raised concerns about whether Trump’s continued claims of fraud would reduce voter turnout among Republicans in the upcoming election, making his appearance somewhat risky.
Trump made it clear that he was unwilling to give in to Biden or give up on his unfounded claims of fraud rejected by a long line of courts.
Biden won Georgia by just under 12,000 votes, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1992 to win the Republican stronghold.
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