Washington:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday sought to undermine the credibility of the vote in must-win biggest city Pennsylvania, a healthy Democratic area that was part of the former president’s unsubstantiated claims of fraud in 2020. did.
Amid reports of unusually high voter turnout in Philadelphia, President Trump said there was “a lot of talk about massive fraud” in the city, a claim that officials quickly denied. He called it “another example of disinformation.”
“The police are coming!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
He offered no evidence to back up his claims as Americans cast their votes in a tense election in which polls suggest Trump and Kamala Harris are effectively neck and neck. There wasn’t.
“There is absolutely no truth to this allegation,” said City Commissioner Seth Bluestein (R).
“Voting in Philadelphia is safe and secure.”
Philadelphia police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s claims.
President Trump has denied his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election, but this denial comes as supporters of the former reality TV star violently attack the U.S. Capitol to prevent the certification of the vote. It reached its climax.
President Trump is expected to reject the results if he loses again this year, raising fears of chaos and violence in an already tense and highly fragmented United States.
Republicans have already begun to question the integrity of the vote in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that will be a key prize in the battle for the White House.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro said in an interview with CNN last week that the state’s attorney general had defeated 43 challenges to the 2020 vote count from the former president and his allies, and Trump’s denied the allegations.
On Tuesday, President Trump gave a pertinent response when asked if he would concede defeat in the 2024 election.
“Even if I lost the election, if it was a fair election, I would be the first to admit it. So far, I think it’s been fair,” he said.
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