Republican presidential candidate and former US President Trump delivers a speech at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, on April 2, 2024.
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Former President Donald Trump will not commit on Wednesday to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election, echoing comments he made during the 2020 campaign.
“If everything is honest, I will be happy to accept the outcome. I will not change that,” Trump said in a statement Wednesday. Interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If not, you have to fight for your country’s rights.”
The Republican presidential candidate also reiterated false claims that he defeated Joe Biden in Wisconsin in the 2020 election.
“If you go back and look at everything that’s been discovered, you’ll find that I won the election in Wisconsin,” Trump told the Journal Sentinel. “It also shows that I won the election in other places.”
in a CNN town hall event Last year, Trump also refused to commit to accepting the results.
recently Interviewed by Time magazineTrump said that while he believed there would be no political violence if Biden wins this year’s race, “it always depends on the fairness of the election.”
“We’re way ahead of the curve,” Trump said, before repeating his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. “I don’t think they were able to do what they did last time, which was horrific. Absolutely horrific. They did many, many different things that were completely contrary to what should be done. You know, everyone knows, we can list Come up with a long list, but I don’t think we’re going to win.
At a rally in Freehand, Michigan, on Wednesday, Trump announced a joint effort with the Republican National Committee called “Protect the Ballot,” which he said was an effort to “make sure what happened in 2020 never happens again.”
“We will not allow this to happen,” Trump said.
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee also announced last month Vows to deploy 100,000 volunteers and lawyers Monitor early voting, mail-in ballots, Election Day voting and any recounts, which they say is part of an effort to “protect the vote and ensure a big win” in November.
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