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Trump Renews 'Rigged Election' Claim Against All Evidence

Jeff Seldin

   President Donald Trump persisted Friday in claiming the U.S.
   presidential election was rigged despite assurances from federal and
   state officials, and private industry partners, that the November 3
   vote was the "most secure" in the nation's history.

     Heartwarming to see all of the tremendous support out there,
     especially the organic Rallies that are springing up all over the
     Country, including a big one on Saturday in D.C. I may even try to
     stop by and say hello. This Election was Rigged, from Dominion all
     the way up & down!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]November 13, 2020

   Trump, who has yet to concede the election to the projected winner,
   former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, has repeatedly taken to
   Twitter to assert, without evidence, that fraud and other
   irregularities deprived him of millions of votes.

   On Friday, Trump renewed his push to delegitimize the election results,
   accusing rival Democrats of both hypocrisy and, seemingly, of finding
   ways to bypass security measures his administration had put in place.

   "For years the Dems have been preaching how unsafe and rigged our
   elections have been. Now they are saying what a wonderful job the Trump
   Administration did in making 2020 the most secure election ever," the
   president tweeted.

   "Actually this is true, except for what the Democrats did," he added.
   "Rigged Election!"

     For years the Dems have been preaching how unsafe and rigged our
     elections have been. Now they are saying what a wonderful job the
     Trump Administration did in making 2020 the most secure election
     ever. Actually this is true, except for what the Democrats did.
     Rigged Election!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]November 13, 2020

   Trump's tweet, which Twitter labeled as "disputed," came after a
   coalition of federal and state officials, including his
   administration's own Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
   (CISA), issued a staunch defense of their efforts. They were joined in
   the statement by voting equipment manufacturers, voting software
   companies and civic groups.

   "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history,"
   said the statement from the Election Infrastructure Government
   Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee and the Election
   Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council.

   "While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for
   misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we
   have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our
   elections, and you should, too," they said. "There is no evidence that
   any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any
   way compromised."

     JUST IN: US election officials -from [3]@CISAgov & from the states-
     doubling down on the security of [4]#Election2020
     Nov 3rd "was the most secure in American history...no evidence that
     any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any
     way compromised" [5]https://t.co/HrSxnE3DqT
     -- Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) [6]November 12, 2020

   The president and election officials have been engaged in a battle for
   public perception since the polls closed and deadlines for mail ballots
   passed last week.

   Trump's campaign team has filed multiple lawsuits across the country,
   alleging improper balloting procedures and voter fraud. Even as many of
   the suits have been thrown out for lack of evidence, the president's
   supporters have continued to make allegations on social media and in
   interviews with the news media.

   State election officials, in the meantime, have pushed back, using news
   releases and social media accounts to shoot down rumors and
   disinformation.

   CISA, which spearheaded election security efforts, has waged a
   counter-disinformation campaign of its own, using social media to steer
   Americans to its [7]Rumor Control website, where it has sought to
   debunk rumors, like those alleging that a bad actor could alter ballots
   or vote tallies without being detected or that dead people were able to
   cast votes.

   Those efforts appear to have sparked the president's ire.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1327319294057848832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1327279929319432200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/CISAgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Election2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   5. https://t.co/HrSxnE3DqT
   6. https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1327026229342564355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   7. https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol

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