Donald Trump posts string of new voter fraud claims on Twitter

Donald Trump is refusing to accept his humiliating election loss, posting a string of new fraud allegations within a few minutes on Twitter.

Defeated US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his baseless voter fraud claims, sharing a slew of fresh allegations on social media.

Earlier this morning, Mr Trump made the shock announcement via Twitter that he had sacked Defence Secretary Mark Esper – but it was only the first in a flurry of new posts, with Mr Trump later posting a string of new election accusations.

Georgia will be a big presidential win, as it was the night of the Election!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020

An hour later, he posted: “The threshold identification of Ballots is turning out to be even bigger than originally anticipated. A very large number of Ballots are impacted. Stay tuned!”

Wisconsin is looking very good. Needs a little time statutorily. Will happen soon! @Reince @SeanDuffyWI

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020

A few minutes later, he followed it up with the claim that the state of Nevada was “turning out to be a cesspool of Fake Votes” and that officials were “finding things that, when released, will be absolutely shocking!”

Mr Trump provided no details or evidence to support his comments, and Twitter slapped the tweet with the warning that “this claim about election fraud is disputed”.

Less than 10 minutes later, Mr Trump was back on his favourite social media platform, claiming the state of Wisconsin – which has already been called for Democratic nominee Joe Biden – was looking positive for the Republican Party.

“Wisconsin is looking very good. Needs a little time statutorily. Will happen soon!”

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The world has reacted to Joe Biden’s election win … Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Then, 15 minutes later, it was Pennsylvania’s turn, with Mr Trump alleging the state, which has also gone Mr Biden’s way, stopped Republicans from monitoring the vote count.

“Pennsylvania prevented us from watching much of the Ballot count. Unthinkable and illegal in this country,” he posted, with the tweet again accompanied by an official Twitter warning.

Just four minutes later, he issued his final tweet – for now – claiming “Georgia will be a big presidential win, as it was the night of the Election!”

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But Mr Trump has so far refused to accept the results. Pictures: Morry Gash and Jim Watson/AFP

At the moment, Georgia is still to be called, but Mr Biden is narrowly leading there with 49.5 per cent of votes compared with Mr Trump’s 49.3 per cent, with 99 per cent of votes already counted.

Georgia will hold a recount as soon as the first vote count is concluded.

And later this morning, Mr Trump returned to Twitter yet again to share a tweet from Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who wrote that “Georgia’s election result will include legally cast ballots – and ONLY legally cast ballots. Period.”

In response, Mr Trump posted: “This is good news, it means I won!”

This is good news, it means I won! 
cc: @RepDougCollins @SecretarySonny https://t.co/zO4AlPF8O0

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2020

Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has insisted the President is “not backing down”, with campaign manager Bill Stepien urging Republican Party supporters to have “patience”, according to Fox News.

Mr Stepien told staffers to wait for the results of legal battles which have been launched in a number of crucial states where Mr Biden narrowly leads, including Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

“He still is in this fight,” Mr Stepien said. “There is a process.”

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In 2016, Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by almost three million ballots. Picture: Fox News

Yesterday, CNN reported that several members of the President’s own family – including wife Melania Trump and son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner – had privately urged him to concede defeat graciously.

When Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016, he picked up 306 electoral college votes compared with her 232, but lost the popular vote by almost three million ballots.

At the time, he declared his win a “landslide” – but this time around, he is refusing to accept the results – despite losing the popular vote to Joe Biden by more than 4.5 million votes so far.

More importantly, Mr Trump has received just 214 electoral college votes compared with Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden’s 290.

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Joe Biden’s election win sparked widespread celebrations across the US. Picture: Megan Varner/Getty Images/AFP

To win a US election, a candidate must secure a crucial 270 electoral college votes to claim victory, and while three states – Alaska, Georgia and North Carolina – are still counting, they would not make a difference to the final result.

Mr Trump has repeatedly, and with no evidence, insisted his Democratic Party rivals were trying to “steal” the election and made baseless allegations of voter fraud.