Donald Trump alleges widespread voter fraud occurring in Pennsylvania | US News
Donald Trump has alleged that there is “massive cheating” happening in a battleground state – an assertion strongly denied by the county’s district attorney.
Posting on his own social network, Truth Social, Mr Trump claimed: “A lot of talk of massive cheating in Philadelphia. Law enforcement coming!”
Shortly after, he made another post claiming, without evidence, that police were also present in Detroit, Michigan.
Pennsylvania (home to Philadelphia) and Michigan are both battleground states, along with Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. The Harris/Walz and Trump/Vance campaigns have made over 200 visits to these seven states and spent a combined $1bn on advertising during the campaign.
Pic: Truth Social
District attorney Larry Krasner dismissed Mr Trump’s claims, stating that there is “no factual basis in these allegations”.
“We have welcomed complaints and allegations of improprieties all day,” he wrote. “If Donald J. Trump has any facts to support his wild allegations, we want them now. Right now. We are not holding our breath.”
Trump’s team’s messaging echoes the 2020 election – his campaign filed lawsuits in multiple states, including Pennsylvania, alleging election fraud.
Aside from the hurricanes in North Carolina and Florida, the main disruptions to the election season have been arson that damaged ballots in two drop boxes near the Oregon-Washington border.
Despite the absence of any major issues, Mr Trump – and the Republican Party – continue to allege fraud and interference during the early voting period.
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Republicans tried to dispute the late collection of some early voting ballots, but this was deemed “frivolous” by a US judge.
Mr Trump has indicated that he will not contest the election results as long as it is “a fair election”.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris has cautioned voters against falling for the Trump campaign’s strategy of casting doubt on elections.
