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| Donald Trump tries to deflect attention to 'rigged election' – campaign live | Donald Trump tries to deflect attention to 'rigged election' – campaign live |
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| This morning, Trump has again decried the electoral system, alleging “large scale voter fraud” without offering any evidence to support this claim. | |
| Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! | |
| The Republican nominee also re-tweeted a link from a contributor to Alex Jones’ Infowars website, which has been pulling for Trump this election. Jones is the shock jock and conspiracy theorist who thinks Hillary Clinton is a demon. | |
| "@PrisonPlanet: Trump accuser praised him in an email as recently as April! This is all yet another hoax. https://t.co/tcKzmIKpfS" Terrible | |
| 2.06pm BST | 2.06pm BST |
| 14:06 | 14:06 |
| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has “informally approached one of the media industry’s top dealmakers about the prospect of setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election in November”, the Financial Times reported: | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has “informally approached one of the media industry’s top dealmakers about the prospect of setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election in November”, the Financial Times reported: |
| Mr Kushner – an increasingly influential figure in the billionaire’s presidential campaign – contacted Aryeh Bourkoff, the founder and chief executive of LionTree, a boutique investment bank, within the past couple of months, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. | Mr Kushner – an increasingly influential figure in the billionaire’s presidential campaign – contacted Aryeh Bourkoff, the founder and chief executive of LionTree, a boutique investment bank, within the past couple of months, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. |
| Their conversation was brief and has not progressed since, the people said. Mr Bourkoff and Mr Kushner both declined to comment. | Their conversation was brief and has not progressed since, the people said. Mr Bourkoff and Mr Kushner both declined to comment. |
| Presumably Trump does not plan on setting up a TV station if he wins the presidency (a presumption that may be foolish). | Presumably Trump does not plan on setting up a TV station if he wins the presidency (a presumption that may be foolish). |
| Trump: election ‘rigged’ ‘at polling places’ | Trump: election ‘rigged’ ‘at polling places’ |
| When the Republican nominee failed to win an Emmy for The Apprentice, it was rigged. China tried to rig the Olympics. The 2016 primaries were definitely rigged, even though Trump won. The 2012 presidential election? Also extremely rigged, in Trump’s telling: | When the Republican nominee failed to win an Emmy for The Apprentice, it was rigged. China tried to rig the Olympics. The 2016 primaries were definitely rigged, even though Trump won. The 2012 presidential election? Also extremely rigged, in Trump’s telling: |
| CORRECTED: This series of tweets from election night 2012 loom larger and larger in my mind. He's never renounced or tried to explain them. pic.twitter.com/IIpwUaWiLJ | CORRECTED: This series of tweets from election night 2012 loom larger and larger in my mind. He's never renounced or tried to explain them. pic.twitter.com/IIpwUaWiLJ |
| Trump is once again yelling about a rigged election, except this time he is the Republican nominee and the accusation seems a greater threat to undermine faith in free and fair elections: half of Trump supporters told AP/ORC pollsters earlier this month that they had little or no faith that their votes would be counted fairly. | Trump is once again yelling about a rigged election, except this time he is the Republican nominee and the accusation seems a greater threat to undermine faith in free and fair elections: half of Trump supporters told AP/ORC pollsters earlier this month that they had little or no faith that their votes would be counted fairly. |
| On Sunday, after Mike Pence and other surrogates went on TV to reassure the country that when he said “rigged” Trump was just talking about a media conspiracy, Trump clarified that no – he meant that local election officials, or someone, was rigging the election at the precinct level: | On Sunday, after Mike Pence and other surrogates went on TV to reassure the country that when he said “rigged” Trump was just talking about a media conspiracy, Trump clarified that no – he meant that local election officials, or someone, was rigging the election at the precinct level: |
| The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD | The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD |
| Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! | Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! |
| Rigging a presidential election would involve a conspiracy on par with the international banker-media-Clinton scheme against Trump that the candidate described last week. In short, presidential elections are transparent and decentralized and thus difficult to rig. The Twitter timeline of Ashby Law and the presidential historian Paul Brandus below are good places to start for more analysis along these lines: | Rigging a presidential election would involve a conspiracy on par with the international banker-media-Clinton scheme against Trump that the candidate described last week. In short, presidential elections are transparent and decentralized and thus difficult to rig. The Twitter timeline of Ashby Law and the presidential historian Paul Brandus below are good places to start for more analysis along these lines: |
| Regarding @realDonaldTrump and "election rigging" pic.twitter.com/jtBmKcyYbh | Regarding @realDonaldTrump and "election rigging" pic.twitter.com/jtBmKcyYbh |
| Warren: Trump ‘chicken’ for not releasing taxes | Warren: Trump ‘chicken’ for not releasing taxes |
| Democrats raise funds for burned GOP office in North Carolina | Democrats raise funds for burned GOP office in North Carolina |
| After a Republican office in liberal Orange County, North Carolina, was firebombed at the weekend, with no injuries, David Weinberger, a research fellow at Harvard Law School, and others set up a GoFundMe to rebuild. “Donations quickly poured in and the campaign’s $10,000 goal was surpassed within a couple hours,” Weinberger told the Huffington Post. “In total, organizers raised $13,167 from 552 donations before closing the fund.” | After a Republican office in liberal Orange County, North Carolina, was firebombed at the weekend, with no injuries, David Weinberger, a research fellow at Harvard Law School, and others set up a GoFundMe to rebuild. “Donations quickly poured in and the campaign’s $10,000 goal was surpassed within a couple hours,” Weinberger told the Huffington Post. “In total, organizers raised $13,167 from 552 donations before closing the fund.” |
| Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning @NCGOP | Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning @NCGOP |
| Clinton eyes Arizona | Clinton eyes Arizona |
| With the exception of Bill Clinton’s re-election, Arizona has not gone Democratic in a presidential election since Harry Truman. The Clinton campaign thinks it might this year, announcing Bernie Sanders early-vote rallies in Tucson and Flagstaff for Tuesday and a Chelsea Clinton event in Tempe on Wednesday. | With the exception of Bill Clinton’s re-election, Arizona has not gone Democratic in a presidential election since Harry Truman. The Clinton campaign thinks it might this year, announcing Bernie Sanders early-vote rallies in Tucson and Flagstaff for Tuesday and a Chelsea Clinton event in Tempe on Wednesday. |
| Stunning quote on the state of the race in Arizona. Arizona! https://t.co/4jFOjb8JAS pic.twitter.com/Cdkjn6fYaO | Stunning quote on the state of the race in Arizona. Arizona! https://t.co/4jFOjb8JAS pic.twitter.com/Cdkjn6fYaO |
| Beyoncé: ‘Doing nothing right now is not an option’ | Beyoncé: ‘Doing nothing right now is not an option’ |
| If you need motivation to vote, here's Beyoncé giving an impromptu word about #Election2016. pic.twitter.com/78AaQDWkc3 | If you need motivation to vote, here's Beyoncé giving an impromptu word about #Election2016. pic.twitter.com/78AaQDWkc3 |
| ICYMI, here’s the Saturday Night Live sketch that got under Trump’s skin: | ICYMI, here’s the Saturday Night Live sketch that got under Trump’s skin: |
| Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. |