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“Manipulate the Democrats!”: Trump continues to cast doubt on the “honest” presidential election
He wants to avoid defeat at all costs: Donald Trump. Image: keystone
Less than six weeks before the US presidential election on November 3, incumbent Donald Trump continues to raise questions about its possible outcome. “We have to make sure that the election is honest. But I don’t know if it can be, “Trump said Thursday, looking at mailed ballots. Trump has been claiming for weeks that election documents sent millions of times to US citizens dramatically increased the risk of voter fraud. The experts and those in charge of the elections deny it. “The Democrats are manipulating our 2020 elections!”
Trump repeatedly told his supporters that he was convinced he could only lose the vote because of electoral fraud. On Wednesday, when asked by a journalist, he refused to promise in advance a peaceful transfer of power. “We will have to wait and see what happens,” he said instead.
Trump’s comments drew criticism from both Democrats and Republicans. The Senate, in which Republicans have a majority, passed a resolution Thursday declaring a commitment to the peaceful handover of power.
Trump also referred to a notice from the Pennsylvania State Department of Justice that nine discarded ballots had been discovered. The authority had initially discussed nine ballots for Trump, but later made it clear that this was only safe for seven of them. The other two were in the envelopes that came with them when the FBI seized them.
They were voting papers for members of the armed forces and some could also be assigned to individuals. In Pennsylvania, mail-in ballot envelopes must remain sealed until Election Day.
According to the investigators’ first findings, the employees of the local election authority opened the envelopes with the ballots because they looked very similar to the envelopes with the mail-in voting document requests. Meanwhile, Trump took the opportunity to speak of irregularities. “I guess he throws them away if the Trump name is on them,” he said.
In the November 3 presidential election, in light of the crown pandemic, a significantly higher proportion of ballots sent by post is expected than usual. (aeg / sda / dpa)
