Photo: Official White House portrait / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday questioned whether the midterm elections were honest, nearly a week after Democrats won both the House and the Senate. He offered no evidence for the claim, which he posted on Truth Social.
“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???” Trump wrote. “Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”
The post is a shift from election night, when Trump said in an election-night interview he was “absolutely willing” to accept the results. Public polls did predict a Democratic sweep, though on average they underestimated its size. An MIT political scientist, Charles Stewart III, said vote counts were reported in the usual pattern, and in some states early and mail ballots are counted quickly. Voter fraud is rare, according to available evidence. Trump has long made unproven claims about voting machines, including after he lost in 2020, and he was not on the ballot this year.
Why it matters: the claim comes as Congress returns for a lame-duck session and Democrats prepare to take control in January, and it revives doubts about election results that officials have not found to be wrong. Still unknown: whether Trump or his administration will cite any specific evidence, or take any action in response.
File photo: official White House portrait of Trump. It is not from Monday’s post.
JBizNews Desk | Washington, D.C.
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