Published 11:59 IST, November 6th 2020
US Election 2020: Donald Trump's sons accuse Republicans of not standing in defence
While states are still counting votes in US Election 2020, both sons of incumbent Donald Trump have attacked the Republicans for failing to back US President.
- World News
- 2 min read
While states are still counting the votes leaving millions of Americans in the desperation of knowing the winner of US Election 2020, both sons of incumbent Donald Trump have attacked the Republicans for failing to back the US President in his reelection bid. While Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr accused the party members of being “weak”, his third child Eric Trump asked them to “have some backbone” and support the Republican leader.
The spat between Trump’s sons and the party members reflects a growing disagreement while the US Election 2020 is still hanging in the balance. However, Democratic Challenger Joe Biden is projected closer to the victory mark of 270 electoral votes. Irked by the assumed outcome by US media networks, Trump has pledged to introduce legal challenges to the vote-counting process. This is after he claimed, without evidence, his victory and ‘major’ voter fraud.
Donald Trump has appeared to fire an unsupported attack on the integrity of the polling process in the United States with Senior Republicans including Utah Senator Mitt Romney and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan even warning against undermining the democratic process. Donald Trump Jr, who is reportedly known to have political aspirations of his own, has indicated his father eying the race for the White House in 2024.
US broadcasters halt Trump’s live address
Meanwhile, several US broadcasters halted the first appearance of Donald Trump since the Election night and concluded that the US President was spreading misinformation. In the 17-minute-long news conference, Trump went on to make baseless claims and insisted that rival Democrats were using “illegal votes” to “steal the election” from Republicans.
However, MSNBC anchor Brian Williams said, “OK, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States,” before the network pulled off the telecast. Even NBC and ABC pulled the plug. Trump’s clippings from the same news conference have been mostly labelled by Twitter for misinformation.
Updated 11:58 IST, November 6th 2020