On Thursday, President Joe Biden’s campaign slammed former President Donald Trump after Trump reiterated his refusal to accept the results of the upcoming presidential election.
“If everything is honest, I will cheerfully accept the outcome. In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, Trump added, “I don’t change that.” “If it isn’t, you have to fight for the country’s rights.”
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Trump, the likely Republican contender, went on to add that he believes the 2024 election will be “honest.”
In response to Trump’s remarks, the Biden campaign issued a statement accusing him of being a “danger to the Constitution and a threat to our democracy.”
“President Biden has said, ‘You can’t love your country just when you win.'” But for Donald Trump, his quest for vengeance and retaliation takes precedence,” Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement.
When asked on Thursday afternoon by ABC News’ Karen Travers if he was concerned that Trump would reject the election results, Biden replied, “Listen to what he says.”
Trump’s recent remarks come after an interview with TIME Magazine this week in which he connected potential political violence to his chances of winning.
“I don’t think we’ll have that. When asked about potential political violence, Trump told TIME Magazine, “I believe we’ll win.” “And if we don’t win, well, it depends.”It always depends on whether an election is fair.”
On the campaign road, Trump expressed misgivings about the outcome of the 2024 election. He has claimed that his legal battles constitute a kind of “election interference,” citing the fact that he had to balance campaign appearances with in-person court attendance during his New York hush money trial. Prosecutors have rejected all political motivations.
Trump has also criticized early voting options, such as mail-in voting, as the Republican National Committee attempts to encourage more Republican voters to use these methods.
Trump has also continued to make false promises regarding the security of the 2020 election.
On Wednesday, while speaking at rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, where the 2020 presidential election results were hotly contested, Trump continued to falsely claim that the election was rigged but attempted to reassure his supporters that their ballots would be secure even for early voting and mail-in voting.
“Democrats rigged the presidential election in 2020, but we’re not going to allow them to rig the presidential election, the most important day of our lives, in 2024,” Trump allegedly stated at a rally in Freeland, Michigan.
“No matter how you vote, whether it’s early on election day, by mail, or in person, it doesn’t matter; we’ll make sure your ballot is secure,” he said. “We want to reassure you, but we will ensure that your ballots are secure. You’re not going to submit invalid ballots.”
However, Trump’s continued false claims about a “rigged” election have already fueled distrust in the 2024 election system among a sizable portion of Trump’s supporters, with multiple attendees at his Wednesday rally telling ABC News that they have lost faith in the current US electoral system.
“I believe Michigan voted for Trump, but I don’t have any hard data to back that up,” Don Barnard of Sanford, Michigan, who attended the Michigan event, said about the 2020 presidential race.
Do you have any inquiries about the conduct of the election? Yes. “But can I say it’s because of this or that?” No,” Barnard continued, referring to the 2020 election. “Obviously there’s little I can do, and all I can do is pray we will have an honest election.”
Another Michigan rally attendee, Martin Humphrey of Saginaw, Michigan, told ABC News that he currently has no faith in the election system and has called for stricter laws governing voter ID and so-called ballot harvesting, a practice in which individuals or groups collect large numbers of mail-in ballots from vulnerable populations such as the elderly and submit them in bulk. In more than 30 states, someone other than the voter may return a ballot on behalf of another voter.
“I think that everyone should have an ID to vote,” Humphrey remarked. “And ballot harvesting should cease.”
