White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has not promised President Trump to accept the results of the presidential election, saying the president was clear in November that he “will see what happens.”
Her remark at a White House news conference came after the president on Monday questioned the election results, saying, “The only way we will lose this election is if the elections are rigged.”
On Wednesday, McEnany was asked if that comment means the president will not accept the election results if he loses.
“Tell the president if he does not win this election that he will not accept the results unless he wins?” asked an ABC News journalist.
“The president has always said he will see what happens, and make a decision in the aftermath. It’s the same thing he said last November. He wants a free election, an honest election, and he wants confidence in the election results, ”McEnany replied, before criticizing states with massive post-in votes.
The president actually gave a similar answer in a recent interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, who asked the president if he would promise to accept the election results.
“I have to see. Look, you – I have to see. No, I will not just say ‘yes’. I will not say no and I have not done so lately,” the president said during the interview.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly undermined confidence in the integrity of the election result, blowing up massive ballots by mail, although he himself is expected to vote remotely in November and many of his top aides like McEnany have in the past. The president insists that a multi-mail election will be “rigged” by post. This week he took aim secure ballot drop boxes, which are used in both Democratic and Republican-leading states.
“Some states use ‘dropboxes’ for the collection of Universal Mail-In Ballots. So who will ‘collect’ the ballots, and what can be done about them before they tabulate? A by-election? So bad for our country. Only absent ballot papers acceptable! ”the president tweeted earlier this week.
There is no evidence that there is widespread fraud in the postal vote, and the voter fraud commission set up by the president himself found too little evidence of voter fraud. The president finally the commission disbanded.
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