The chairman and his allies have continued to shape unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud, after major news networks called the election for President-elect Joe Biden.
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President Donald Trump an intention to share obituaries of dead people who he claims voted, informants reportedly told Axios. The chairperson and his allies have continued to make unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud, after major news systems called the election for President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday. Unsubstantiated reports of dead people voting began to spread rapidly online following the election and were promoted by Trump and other prominent Republicans. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more tales.
President Donald Trump plans to promote unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud at upcoming rallyings, White House sources told Axios on Sunday.
The president and his allies have continued to make unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud, after major report networks called the election for President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday.
Axios reporter Alayna Treene said four of the president’s advisors told her of the plan to share claimed obituaries of people who voted.
Unsubstantiated reports of dead people voting began to spread rapidly online after the election and were promoted by Trump and other prominent Republicans.
In one instance, specific claims of 21,000 dead people on voter rollings in Pennsylvania started viral, before being debunked by The New York Times as based on a suit with allegations that have not been proven. The president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, shared the claim on his Twitter account.
In another, the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. retweeted specific claims that a dead man in Michigan voted in this year’s election, which was also debunked by Insider and The Times as a straightforward clerical error that mixed up a deceased parent and his living son who share the same name.
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While there is currently no evidence of mass voter fraud, Trump has use the claims to contest the results of the election.
He has also filed legal challenges in battleground states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, many related to the counting of ballots, and reportedly plans to request recounts in some states, including Wisconsin.
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