Trump Veers Back Into Claims of Rigged Election
President Trump, who initially said he would accept the midterm results, renewed his unsubstantiated claims that voting was manipulated.
For years, President Trump has claimed without evidence that any election he lost or even feared losing was rigged. So it was a surprise to many when, on election night after his party was routed in the midterms last week, he said he was “absolutely willing” to accept the results.
That lasted less than a week.
“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest,” Mr. Trump wrote on Monday on social media, renewing his efforts to sow doubt about the outcome in the face of staggering Democratic wins. “How could the Polls be so wrong???
