Trump Renews Attacks on Midterm Election Results After GOP Defeat

The president questions the integrity of the Nov. 3 vote on Truth Social, targeting early ballot counts and voting machines despite having said on election night that he was willing to accept the results

He keeps returning to the same subject: Donald Trump is refusing to accept the scale of the Republican defeat in the midterm elections. The president is once again questioning the integrity of the Nov. 3 vote, which saw his party lose control of both chambers of Congress. “Does anyone really believe these ‘Elections’ were honest?” he asked in a new post on Truth Social.

Trump directed his latest accusations at early voting and the machines used to count ballots, while also questioning the accuracy of pre-election polling. “How did the Polls get it so wrong???” he wrote, claiming that some batches of early votes had been counted together in such large numbers that winning had become impossible, regardless of how many people turned out to vote.

“It’s all about the Voting Machines, which count far more than the Voters!” the president added, without providing evidence to support his allegations.

The remarks mark a reversal from his position on election night. In an interview with The New York Times as the results were coming in, Trump had said he was “absolutely willing” to accept the outcome. Now, following the Republican setback, he has returned to casting doubt on the conduct of the election.

State and local officials have reported that voting proceeded without significant problems across most of the country. The count is not yet complete in every race, with several seats still undecided, including Senate contests in Alaska and Mississippi.

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