SAEDNEWS: US President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his baseless claims of election fraud, reversing his earlier acceptance of last week’s midterm election results after Democrats secured victories in both chambers of Congress, dealing a major blow to his Republican Party.
According to Saednews, “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest? How could the polls have been so wrong?” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, offering no evidence of wrongdoing, AFP reported.
“Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that winning was impossible, regardless of how many people went out to vote,” he added.
“It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voters!”
The extraordinary reversal came six days after American voters delivered a sweeping rejection of Trump’s party, giving Democrats their largest House majority in nearly two decades and control of the Senate.
Trump initially adopted an unusually conciliatory tone, congratulating his opponents and acknowledging that they had run a successful campaign.
“I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” he told The New York Times on election night, adding that he looked forward to working with Democrats.
He later praised their campaign on Fox News, saying: “I think the Democrats did a good job. I really do.”
However, on Thursday, Trump called for votes cast for two minor candidates in Alaska’s still-undecided US Senate race to be reassigned to Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, who was trailing.
“There is no other fair solution!” he insisted, despite Alaska’s election laws providing for ranked-choice voting.
Monday’s allegations went further, questioning the legitimacy of elections across the country.
They echoed Trump’s repeated and unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from him by Democrat Joe Biden.
His refusal to accept that defeat led to dozens of unsuccessful legal challenges and ultimately culminated in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
Democrats reacted angrily to the president’s latest allegations.
“Donald Trump’s pathetic return to election denialism was inevitable,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said.
“He can complain all he wants, but nothing will change this undeniable reality: During the final two years of his presidency, Trump will face the largest Democratic congressional majorities in decades, entirely because he has been an unprecedented failure.”
Trump provided no specific details about the alleged irregularities, identifying neither the voting machines he was questioning nor any concrete evidence that ballots had been improperly counted.
Pre-election polls had generally predicted Democratic gains, although they failed to anticipate the full extent of the party’s victories.
Election officials nationwide reported that voting had proceeded largely without significant problems.
The Republican president had previously attributed his party’s defeat to his absence from the ballot, despite repeatedly urging supporters during the campaign to vote as if he himself were a candidate.
He also admitted that the deeply unpopular war against Iran, which had driven fuel prices sharply higher, contributed to the electoral losses.
The Democrats’ commanding majorities in Congress will give them extensive authority to investigate his administration and obstruct his legislative agenda when the new Congress convenes in January.
Trump, however, will retain his presidential veto power and substantial executive authority.
