18m ago
17:54
Trump campaign says it will 'immediately' request
recount in Wisconsin
Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is demanding a
recount in Wisconsin, as results show Joe Biden leading there by about 20,000
votes.
“There have
been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise
serious doubts about the validity of the results,” campaign manager Bill
Stepien said in a statement. “The President is well within the threshold to
request a recount and we will immediately do so.”
There is no
evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential race, and Meagan Wolfe, the
administrator of the Wisconsin elections commission, applauded the state’s
handling of the election in a briefing moments ago.
Although
Trump may request a recount, it is unlikely to change the final result in
Wisconsin with a margin as high as 20,000. Even Trump’s allies, like former
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, have said a recount is unlikely to flip the
state.
Updated at
6.01pm GMT
26m ago
17:46
As
battleground states continue to count their ballots, the president continues to
air his baseless grievances over Twitter.
“They are
working hard to make up 500,000 vote advantage in Pennsylvania disappear —
ASAP. Likewise, Michigan and others!” Donald Trump said in a new tweet.
Just to
reiterate, there is absolutely no evidence of fraud or collusion among election
officials in the presidential race.
The results
are moving away from Trump because states like Wisconsin and Michigan are
counting absentee ballots, which are leaning toward Joe Biden, after tabulating
in-person votes.
Twitter
quickly added a misinformation label on Trump’s tweets, as the social media
giant has now done for several of the president’s messages today.
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