Trump says he ‘easily wins’ election with another unfounded claim about vote observers
President Trump recently tweeted that he received 73 million legal votes and that he won both Pennsylvania and Michigan
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Your support makes all the difference.President Donald Trump is continuing to make unfounded claims of voter fraud days after his Democratic rival Joe Biden was projected as the president-elect. In his most recent attack on the electoral process, Mr Trump alleged that he received “73 million legal votes” and that he “easily” won both Pennsylvania and Michigan.
To back his claims of voter fraud, he retweeted several claims of voters receiving blank ballots and that of Republican poll watchers being denied entry at the poll stations.
“Nobody wants to report that Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our Poll Watchers and/or Vote Observers to Watch or Observe. This is responsible for hundreds of thousands of votes that should not be allowed to count. Therefore, I easily win both states. Report the News!,” President Trump tweeted.
The Twitter immediately flagged his claims of Republican observers not allowed in as “disputed”.
The president doubled down on his claims of winning both the states shortly after sharing the video that alleged ballot collection in California, post election day. Tweeting the video, he wrote, “You are looking at BALLOTS! Is this what our Country has come to?”
This tweet too has been flagged by Twitter with a warning that says, “Learn how voting by mail is safe and secure.”
Both the swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan were flipped by Democrat Joe Biden, with Pennsylvania being called on Saturday, pushing Mr Biden over the 270 college vote finish line to victory. Michigan was called for Mr Biden on November 4, and has reported 99 percent of votes. Mr Trump is trailing the state with a margin of roughly 146, 000 votes.
The President has filed lawsuits to stop both Michigan and Pennsylvania certifying their election results later this month amid a string of legal challenges and unfounded claims of voter fraud.
In Pennsylvania, his campaign has filed at least five legal challenges reported Time. This also includes a case that aims to compel state election officials to allow Trump campaign officials closer observation of the counting process.
In Michigan, the Trump campaign filed a federal suit late on Tuesday seeking to stop the state from certifying its vote count until allegations of irregularities in vote counting are addressed, reported Detroit Free Press.
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