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President Donald Trump emerged Thursday afternoon to make a public statement from the White House, for the first time since the night of the US election. With a dark face, he read for almost 15 minutes a text – which is not characteristic of him – in which he denounces the attempts to “steal” his victory and announces a long battle in the courts. Then he left without answering questions from journalists.
Donald Trump said a tally of “legally cast votes” would clearly show that he is the winner of the November 3 presidential election. In fact, he insisted on this wording, “legal votes”, without specifying what he meant by them.
“If you count the legal votes, I win easily. If you count the illegal votes, then they are trying to steal our elections from us,” said Donald Trump, without providing evidence or arguments. He denounced a “corrupt system”, “fabricated polls,” stubbornly repeated that his victory had been stolen from him, and claimed in his support the good results that the Republicans had in the Congressional elections.
Therefore, Donald Trump called for the counting of “late” votes to be stopped, claiming that he had already won categorically in many key states.
The White House leader invoked a real conspiracy against him, in which the press, businessmen and technology giants were allegedly involved. “Despite the unprecedented combination of elections, the media, the business community and the tech giants, we won with historic scores and the polls deliberately went wrong,” Trump said.
His departure, the first after election night, comes when his competitor, Democrat Joe Biden, has already made three public statements, and in two key states to win the White House, Georgia and Pennsylvania, the Donald advantage Trump is declining significantly as correspondence votes are counted.
“We cannot allow anyone to silence our voters and fabricate the results,” Trump said. “I think the judiciary will have to decide in the end,” he said.
Mike Pence was not with the president. He declared solidarity on Twitter
Vice President Mike Pence, who was not with Donald Trump, later said on Twitter that he supported his remarks: “I am with the president. We have to count every LEGAL vote.”
Some American television stations have interrupted the statement of President Trump
Several US televisions decided on Thursday night to interrupt the live broadcast of President Donald Trump’s statements, considering that he is misinforming the population, reports AFP, assumed by Agerpres.
As the vote continues, Donald Trump has just told the White House that he will win easily if “legal votes” are counted, but if “illegal votes” are included, Democrats “can try to steal the election.” As a result, MSNBC very quickly stopped broadcasting these statements live. “Well here we are again in the unusual position of having to not only interrupt the president of the United States, but also correct the president of the United States,” said host Brian Williams.
NBC News and ABC News also interrupted the broadcast of the press conference, which in the end was just a press release, as the president left the room without answering questions from reporters.
CNN has decided not to interrupt President Donald Trump’s microphone. “What a sad night for America to see its president … falsely accuse the people of trying to steal the election,” said well-known host Jake Tapper.
Some Republicans disagree with the president
Several elected Republicans have abstained from accusations of fraud in the elections launched by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, reports the agency dpa, taken over by Agerpres.
“He’s going crazy,” he said. Adam kinzinger, a congressman from Illinois, said legitimate concerns about fraud must be addressed in court. He warned of the spread of “misinformation.”
“There is no support for the president’s remarks tonight that undermine our democratic process. America counts the votes and we must respect the results as we have always done before,” he said. Larry Hogan, the Republican Governor of Maryland.
“If someone has evidence of wrongdoing, they should present it and resolve it. Anything less damages the integrity of our elections and is dangerous for our democracy, “he said. Paul Mitchell, a congressman from Michigan.
Senator Pat toomey Pennsylvania also said it sees no evidence of significant fraud in the Nov. 3 election.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
