WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump questioned whether the midterm election was honest in a post on Truth Social on Monday, blaming voting machines and large batches of early votes for the Republican losses and offering no evidence in the post for either claim.
In the post, Trump wrote: “Does anybody really believe that this “Election” was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? 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! President DJT”
The results themselves are settled on paper. The Associated Press called the House and the Senate for the Democrats in the Nov. 3 midterms. Trump’s post, though, names no state, no race and no machine, and it offers no tally of its own. Nor did it announce a lawsuit or any other formal step.
The post reverses the position Trump took on election night. He told The New York Times that night that he was “absolutely willing to accept those results” and that he looked forward to working with the Democrats.
Monday’s post landed on the morning Stephen Miller started as White House chief of staff, a change Trump announced on Friday, three days after the elections, with Susie Wiles moving to his political operation.
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