Republican candidate for the White House, former President Donald Trump, has fueled rumors of “Massive” voter fraud in Philadelphiawhich the local authorities were quick to deny. “There are many comments about massive TRAPS in Philadelphia. “The police are coming!!!”, declared the New York tycoon on his social network Truth Social.
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania, the most important swing state of the seven that could decide Tuesday’s presidential election, as it hands out 19 of the 270 Electoral College delegates needed for Trump or the vice president and Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, be declared. the winner.
Philadelphia police said they were unaware of the alleged events reported by Trump. According to what they told CNN, they were not aware of any problems with the vote that would have required police intervention. That same Tuesday, the Republican Party indicated in a statement that when Philadelphia’s voting centers opened in the morning, “four court-appointed Republican election officials “They were excluded from the process and illegally deported.”
“This is a crime and should not happen in fair and secure elections”declared the group, for which what happened “is an unacceptable violation of the public trust, which undermines the transparency of elections in Philadelphia”. Later, Trump himself reported that all Republican poll workers were able to access polling stations to observe the vote.
The party said it was “fighting to protect the vote in Philadelphia and across the country” and noted that “refusing to allow Republicans into the room threatens the integrity and security of elections in Pennsylvania. Trump and prominent members of the Republican leadership still do not recognize the 2020 results, won by Joe Biden, and since the start of the current election cycle have argued that they would only recognize the outcome if they considered the process had been fair. and transparent.
