WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that there was massive fraud in Tuesday's presidential vote, and that his rival Joe Biden and the Democrats want to "steal" his re-election.
At the same time, he defended his multiple demands to stop the vote counting, which could reach the Supreme Court.
During a last-minute press conference at the White House, Trump repeated his string of complaints and falsehoods about alleged "fraud" in the mail vote, and alleged machinations of Democrats and irregularities in key states, despite
not there is proof of it.
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Trump did not take questions from the media, but he did defend his legal strategy to
have only "legal votes" counted
, and suggested that his campaign will file more lawsuits against "tremendous corruption and fraud."
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We believe that they are going to see a lot of litigation because we have a lot of evidence, a
lot of evidence and maybe it will reach the Supreme Court, we will see. But we believe that there will be a lot of litigation because we cannot allow them to steal our election in this way," he argued.
Even Republicans reject Trump's false claims.
"This is getting crazy," said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Illinois.
Texas Rep. Will Hurd commented on Trump's comments on Twitter, saying they
"are not only dangerous and wrong, but they undermine the very foundation on which this nation was built."
In addition, a coalition of 19 former Republican prosecutors urged Trump in a joint statement to wait patiently and respect the results of the vote count and refrain from "making any further comments or other actions that can only undermine our democracy."
Former prosecutors said Trump's comments on the counting of votes in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are "premature, unfounded, and reckless."
List of alleged grievances
Trump complained of "bogus polls" that listed him as the loser in states he won, such as Florida and Ohio, of alleged efforts to "find votes" in favor of Biden, and measures to prevent Republican observers from accessing the voting tables. of votes.
The president, who until our last count is losing the popular vote by at least 3.5 million votes, highlighted the increase in support he has received among the black and Latino population because, in his opinion, the Republican Party is now that of the "inclusion" and the defense of workers, while the Democratic Party is that of the "big donors" endorsed by the press and technology companies.
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However, his list of alleged grievances clashes with reality because, according to official data, immigrants and minorities continue to favor Democrats, and Trump has, in fact, lost a slight support among the whites who backed him in 2016.
For Biden's campaign, today's press conference has been an "act of desperation" and
a "clear sign that he is losing," which is
why he maintains the demand that "every vote be counted."
Several Republican leaders have publicly said that, for the sake of transparency, they support the counting of votes.
Hours before, also without evidence, the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., asked his father to
declare a "total war" against the alleged fraud,
"cheating", and irregularities in the voter registration lists that, according to him, they have included "for a long time" people who have died and who no longer live in those states.
His message was blocked by Twitter for containing questionable information.
Trump Jr. repeated it and deleted it permanently, but he condemned the alleged censorship and questioned why the company does not oppose the electoral "potential fraud", although it did not offer evidence to support what it said.
Thus,
the Trump campaign maintains two fronts open
: one political front before public opinion, with messages on social networks or before the press, and another in the courts, with a dozen demands to stop the vote in those states where it is winning , or continue it in those who are losing, hoping to add votes.
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For now, the definition of the winner will depend on the final results in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, although the Trump campaign has contested the results in Michigan and Wisconsin.
As the vote count progresses, Biden shortens Trump's lead in Pennsylvania, and
maintains his narrow lead in Arizona and Nevada.
Meanwhile, groups of Trump supporters have called protests through Facebook and other social media to support the campaign's complaints in states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona.
Most have been peaceful, but in some cases, the police have had to intervene to prevent acts of violence.
Most legal experts agree that even if Trump achieves a vote recount in Wisconsin, for example, the record for the past 20 years indicates that a recount does not typically alter results significantly.
However, in its most recent lawsuit, filed this one in Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign alleged that Republican observers have not had access to the counting room in Philadelphia, although the document does not provide details.
Of the 10 lawsuits filed,
two have already been dismissed by the judges, and one has been dropped by the Trump campaign,
according to a count by our sister network NBC News correspondent Peter Jennings.