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Trump says ‘we’re winning this election’ at first post-poll rally
VALDOSTA, United States, Dec 6, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Donald Trump launched
into another litany of baseless claims that the US presidential election was
stolen from him at his first post-poll rally on Saturday, telling the crowd
he would still end up winning.
“We’re winning this election,” Trump said at the rally in Valdosta,
Georgia, adding later that “we will still win it.”
“It’s rigged. It’s a fixed deal,” he said of President-elect Joe Biden’s
victory.
Despite surging cases of Covid-19 nationwide, few masks could be seen at
the rally and many in the crowd were not abiding by social-distancing
measures.
Trump was joined by first lady Melania Trump, who gave a short speech
before the president’s.
The former reality show star was campaigning in Georgia on behalf of two
Republican Senate candidates facing a hugely important runoff on January 5.
The runoff races will decide which party controls the US Senate, and Trump
continued his fear-mongering about rival Democrats.
“The voters of Georgia will determine which party runs every committee,
writes every piece of legislation, controls every single taxpayer dollar,” he
said.
“Very simply, you will decide whether your children will grow up in a
socialist country or whether they will grow up in a free country.”
There had been concerns from some Republicans over whether Trump’s
continuing claims of fraud would drive down voter turnout among Republicans
in the upcoming election, making his appearance somewhat of a gamble.
Trump made clear he was neither ready to concede to Biden nor give up on
his baseless claims of fraud dismissed by a long line of courts.
Biden won Georgia by just under 12,000 votes, becoming the first
Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1992 to win the
Republican stronghold.
BSS/AFP/MSY/0824 hrs