Published 13:45 IST, December 6th 2020
Defiant Donald Trump says US election was 'rigged' in favour of Biden
A defiant Donald Trump is showing no signs of surrender and has reiterated yet again his unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud
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A defiant Donald Trump is showing signs of surrender and has reiterated yet again his unsubstantiated claims about widespre voter fraud, claiming at his first post-poll rally in Georgia that he won a "rigged" US presidential election that he lost.
Trump alleged on Saturday that last month's US Presidential election was rigged in favour of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, who is w President-elect.
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"y cheated and y rigged our presidential election, and y're gonna try to rig this election too," Trump told his cheering supporters at a rally in Georgia where he campaigned for his Republican candidates for Special Senatorial elections.
Trump began by falsely claiming he won Georgia in presidential race. state has alrey certified its election results, declaring Biden winner.
Trump claimed he won an election that he lost.
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"If I lost, I would be a very gracious loser. If I lost, I would say I lost and I would go to Florida and I would take it easy," Trump said at rally.
Trump was a resident of New York. After becoming president, he moved his residence from New York to Florida.
Thousands of his supporters, t only from Georgia but also from neighbouring states, as far as California and Ohio, came to hear his speech.
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This was Trump’s first public rally after he lost election and Biden was declared as President-elect.
"I think y say that if you win Florida and if you win Ohio, in history you've never lost an election. This has got to be a first time - but truth is y were right, we've never lost and we're winning this election," Trump said.
He urged his supporters to go out and vote for January 5 Senate elections in Georgia.
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"You must go vote and vote early starting December 14. You have to do it. y cheated and y rigged our presidential election, but we will still win it. We will still win it. We’ll still win it. And y’re going to try and rig this election, too," he said.
"If you don't vote, socialists and communists win. y win. Georgia patriots must show up and vote for se two incredible people. y are two of finest people you will ever meet,” he said.
cheering crowd frequently erupted into chants of "stop steal!” and "fight for Trump.” "This election was rigged, and we can’t let it happen to two of most respected people in Washington. We can’t let it happen again. Your goverr could stop it very easily if he knew what hell he was doing. He could stop it very easily," he claimed. " answer to Democrats' fraud is t to stay at home; that's what (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi and (Senate Mirity Leer Chuck) Schumer want you to do - stay at home. If you want to do something to m - I don't want to use word revenge, but it is a sense of revenge - to Democrats, you show up and vote in record numbers," he said.
president alleged that "hundreds of thousands of illegal votes were cast in each state" and insisted falsely that poll watchers were "thrown out" of polling places in Pennsylvania.
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Trump has allowed official start of Biden's transition to power but has t yet conceded defeat.
Trump has yet to concede election, which he has repeatedly alleged was massively rigged. State officials and media have said that y have t found any such evidence.
Trump campaign has filed a slew of lawsuits across United States in an attempt to turn his defeat in vember 3 election into a victory. Except for one, all have been rejected by courts.
13:45 IST, December 6th 2020