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Donald Trump’s statements on electoral fraud damage trust in democratic institutions, say international election observers from the OSCE, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
“It was a flagrant abuse of power,” Michael Link, who heads the OSCE mission during the US presidential elections, told the Stuttgarter Zeitung about Trump’s demand that the counting of votes be stopped in several states.
In a first preliminary report, the organization instead makes the assessment that the vote has gone well despite the challenges that have existed with the ongoing pandemic.
There was nothing stopping Trump to repeat his affirmations several times on Thursday. Already at nine o’clock local time, he tweeted “stop the bill” and then repeated the claim that his campaign will “legally” challenge all the states that Biden has recently claimed.
He also claims, again without proof, that there is electoral and voting fraud. “Just look at the media. We will win! America first, “he writes.
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Overall, it’s been relatively quiet during the days after the elections, but in some places there have been riots.
The National Guard was dispatched to the liberal city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday in connection with demonstrations that escalated into riots. There, the protests are not only against the demand to stop the counting of votes but also against police brutality.
Several people have also been arrested during protests that degenerated in New York, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Houston and San Diego.
Outside a polling station in Detroit, Michigan, Trump supporters gathered to shout “stop counting” as figures from the scene showed Joe Biden tapping the acting president.
More dramatic scenes took place at an election authority in Maricopa County, Arizona. Hundreds of Trump supporters gathered there, some armed according to the New York Times, when it became clear that Biden was leading the count to “shout all the votes.” In this particular constituency, it looked like Trump could get more votes than Biden.
Parallel to the uniform electoral outcome, there is a deep and growing gap across the United States that now cuts across individual states as well.
In the past, there has been talk of the city-country divide, where more urban areas tend to vote Democrats while the rural population sticks with Republicans and Trump.
Trump supporters protest alleged voter fraud in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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On Tuesday, residents In the two conservative counties, Union and Jefferson have voted to leave their liberal state of Oregon and instead join Idaho’s deeply conservative neighbor to the east.
One reason counties have come up with is that they don’t like being ruled by residents who live in the city of Portland and that they have become known as a stronghold for left-wing liberals and environmental activists.
Oregon hasn’t voted Republicans since 1984, and in this year’s presidential election, they voted as expected for Joe Biden.
Idaho, on the other hand, has voted Republican since 1968.
Here, too, a legal battle is expected that is expected to be difficult to win. For a county to change states, state and congressional approval is required and, according to advisers, such an outcome is highly unlikely.
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