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full screen Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, photographed at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina on Monday. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/TT
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly made accusations of fraud and that the US electoral system is rigged – both in 2020 and during the ongoing election campaign.
But now Trump admits he has seen no evidence of election fraud in 2024.
At a press conference Monday in the wave master state of North Carolina, where he looked at the devastation after Hurricane Helene, the former president was asked directly if he had seen any evidence that the 2024 election is not fair.
– I don’t have that, he replied.
– Unfortunately, I am familiar with the other side, and it is not good. But I haven’t seen anything.
To be stopped?
Trump then turned to North Carolina Republican Michael Whatley, who is now the chairman of the Republican Party nationally, who was in attendance, and asked if he had seen anything suspicious in the early voting. Whatley replied that the party is working to get “all the systems we want” in place in all 50 states, according to the Axios website.
– We are very satisfied with the results so far, Whatley stated.
Later on Monday, Trump held a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. Then he still talked about electoral fraud, but said Whatley would stop it.
Donald Trump’s false claims about mold in the 2020 presidential election, when he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, have been proven in dozens of lawsuits and court decisions. Trump has nevertheless stuck to his statements and managed to convince large parts of his loyal so-called Maga supporters that the 2020 election did not go right.
Held mass meeting
The claims are believed to be linked to the deadly storming of the United States Congress building on January 6, 2021. Before it took place, Trump held a political rally in Washington DC, where he repeated untrue claims of systematic election fraud and claimed that he was the real winner. He told his supporters to go to Congress, whose members were about to ratify the election results, and “fuck hell.”
Parts of the tens of thousands in the audience did as he said. The protests turned violent when hundreds of people stormed the Capitol, clashed with police, vandalized and entered one of the chambers.
Ahead of the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans have repeatedly been asked whether they will recognize the results. They have come up with similar answers along the lines of “sure, if it’s free and fair”. Political analysts interpret it as Trump loyalists laying the groundwork to be able to make similar accusations as four years ago – if the outcome of the election does not favor the Republicans.
At the moment, however, Donald Trump has an advantage over the Democrats’ Kamala Harris, as he leads in all seven decisive swing states.