Trump supporters rally against election results
Trump admits for first time that Biden won the election
President finally admits defeat — then immediately continues spreading misinformation

Chris Riotta
New York
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4 minutes ago
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President Donald Trump finally admitted to losing the election — before immediately continuing to spread misinformation about false allegations of mass voter fraud, and later claiming President-elect Joe Biden “only won in the eyes of the Fake News Media”.

After days of refusing to concede, the president wrote in a tweet on Sunday morning: “He won because the Election was Rigged.”
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Trump supporters rally against election results
Trump admits for first time that Biden won the election
President finally admits defeat — then immediately continues spreading misinformation

Chris Riotta
New York
@chrisriotta
4 minutes ago
Leer en Español
The Independent employs over 100 journalists around the world to bring you news you can trust. To support truly independent journalism, please consider making a contribution or taking a subscription.

President Donald Trump finally admitted to losing the election — before immediately continuing to spread misinformation about false allegations of mass voter fraud, and later claiming President-elect Joe Biden “only won in the eyes of the Fake News Media”.

After days of refusing to concede, the president wrote in a tweet on Sunday morning: “He won because the Election was Rigged.”


Mr Trump falsely claimed in all-caps there were “NO VOTE WATCHERS OR OBSERVERS” allowed in the polling places, which is simply not true and can be easily disputed by the witness statements and video evidence of polling place observers watching the ballot count all across the country.

The president has continued to post statements on social media that were false and even flagged by platforms like Twitter and Facebook for containing misleading information about the election.

Before Sunday, the president repeatedly refused to accept the fact he lost the election, even as a wave of legal challenges he filed against the electoral process were notably failing in key states like Arizona and Pennsylvania, as the law firms representing his campaign unexpectedly pulled out of their respective cases.
The president almost admitted to his defeat on Friday at the White House at a press conference surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussing the election, Mr Trump again claimed the vote was “rigged” while failing to provide any evidence. He also said his administration would not enforce lockdown measures to combat the novel virus that has killed nearly 250,000 Americans, saying: “Ideally we won’t go to a lockdown. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown.”
Discussing the election, Mr Trump again claimed the vote was “rigged” while failing to provide any evidence. He also said his administration would not enforce lockdown measures to combat the novel virus that has killed nearly 250,000 Americans, saying: “Ideally we won’t go to a lockdown.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-election-result-voter-fraud-b1723217.html