{"id":95994,"date":"2020-11-03T00:49:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T18:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/trump-claims-extended-vote-counting-in-pennsylvania-could-spark-violence%e2%80%af\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T07:05:37","slug":"trump-claims-extended-vote-counting-in-pennsylvania-could-spark-violence%e2%80%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/trump-claims-extended-vote-counting-in-pennsylvania-could-spark-violence%e2%80%af\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Claims Extended Vote Counting in Pennsylvania Could Spark Violence\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his final day of campaigning, U.S. President Donald Trump warned of post-election violence due to a Supreme Court decision to allow extended ballot counting in what may be the pivotal state of Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

Polls show former Vice President Joe Biden with a slight lead in the state where mail-in ballots, expected to favor the Democrats, might not be tabulated for days following Tuesday\u2019s election. <\/p>\n

In between his Monday rallies in Traverse City, Michigan,\u202fand Kenosha, Wisconsin, Trump tweeted\u202fthat extended counting of such ballots in Pennsylvania \u201cwill allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!\u201d\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania is a VERY dangerous one. It will allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter later flagged the tweet saying,\u202f\u201cSome or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.\u201d\u202f <\/p>\n

Following the president\u2019s tweet, Biden was asked by reporters about Trump\u2019s warning of violence in the streets. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to respond to anything he has to say,\u201d replied the Democratic Party nominee before boarding his campaign jet back home to Delaware. \u201cI\u2019m hoping for a straightforward, peaceful election and a lot of people showing up.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kathy Boockvar, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appearing on CNN, denounced the president\u2019s tweet and said the state\u2019s voting infrastructure was secure against fraud. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have no idea what he\u2019s talking about, but to say anything about inciting violence is completely inappropriate,\u201d said Boockvar. <\/p>\n

At his Kenosha rally, Trump said \u201cthat\u2019s a very, very dangerous decision by the Supreme Court. I guess it was a political decision.\u201d He expressed hope the justices would change their ruling. <\/p>\n

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Way told lawmakers in September the U.S.\u202fhas not seen "any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it's by mail or otherwise."\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Trump\u202fon Sunday\u202fdenied\u202fmedia\u202freports\u202fthat\u202fhe has told confidants he will declare victory election night even if the Electoral College outcome is unclear.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s predecessor, Barack Obama, campaigning on Biden\u2019s behalf Monday in Miami\u2019s Little Havana, said \u201cthat\u2019s not something that a leader of a democracy does. That\u2019s something a two-bit dictator does.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n

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Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, Nov. 2, 2020, in Miami.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Biden said\u202fof Trump\u202fat\u202fa\u202fmidday\u202fdrive-in rally\u202fin Cleveland, Ohio.\u202f\u201cThe character of America is literally on the ballot.\u201d\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Discussion of issues during the campaign has been largely overshadowed by the two candidate\u2019s personal attacks on each other and the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n

The president, earlier on Monday\u202fin North Carolina,\u202femphasized an economic recovery amid the pandemic, promising \u201cwe will mass distribute the vaccine within a few short weeks.\u201d\u202f\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Health officials, including those in Trump\u2019s administration, predict most Americans are unlikely to be inoculated against COVID-19 before early or mid-2021.\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Trump, at the first\u202fof Monday\u2019s\u202ffive rallies in four states, said\u202fhis challenger, if elected, \u201cwill turn America into a prison state\u201d through lockdowns to combat the virus.\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Biden said in Cleveland that\u202f\u201cthe first step to beating the virus is beating Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden waves after speaking at a rally at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, Nov. 2, 2020, in Cleveland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Obama\u202fcharacterized the president as a COVID-19 \u201csuper-spreader\u201d for holding packed campaign rallies and White House events.\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

The\u202fpandemic\u202fhas overshadowed other issues in the presidential campaign\u202fwith COVID-19 cases spiking in recent weeks in many of the\u202fU.S.\u202fstates expected to decide the presidential election.\u202f\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

The coronavirus has\u202fkilled\u202fmore than\u202f231,000 people\u202fand infected\u202fnearly\u202f9.3\u202fmillion\u202fin the United States,\u202fthe\u202fmost of any country in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University.\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

National polls show\u202fthe former vice president\u202fwith\u202fabout an\u202feight-point\u202flead, but the race is significantly tighter in the swing states that will\u202fdecide\u202fthe victor.\u202f\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

The common stop on\u202fthe\u202fMonday\u202fitineraries\u202fof both Biden and Trump\u202fwas\u202fPennsylvania, the\u202feastern\u202fU.S.\u202fstate that Trump won in 2016.\u202f The winner of Pennsylvania earns 20 of the 270 electoral votes a candidate needs to earn a four-year term in the White House.\u202f\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Trump\u202fon Monday\u202fheld\u202fa\u202frally at the\u202fWilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport, while Biden addressed\u202fsupporters\u202fat\u202fthree socially\u202fdistanced\u202fdrive-in events\u202fin\u202fthe state.\u202f <\/p>\n

Biden campaign events in Pennsylvania also featured\u202fremarks\u202fand performances\u202fby\u202fentertainers\u202fLady Gaga, Patti LaBelle,\u202fJohn Legend\u202fand Common.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that this could come down to Pennsylvania.\u202f\u2026\u202fVote like your life depends on it. Vote like your children's lives depend on it, because they do,\u201d\u202fLady Gaga\u202fsaid\u202fin Pittsburgh\u202fbefore\u202ftaking a seat at\u202fthe piano and singing\u202fseveral songs interspersed with appeals for Pennsylvanians to vote for Biden.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Trump\u202fis ending\u202fhis campaigning with a late evening rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a replay of his 2016 finale in a state Hillary Clinton was expected to win.\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Results from Election Day\u202fwill\u202fnot be official until weeks later.\u202fThe deadlines vary by state, with a few reporting within a week but many not requiring\u202ffinal results\u202fto be reported until late November or early December.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

Most years, the winner is clear before the official results with media organizations making projections based on tabulations from individual voting precincts.\u202f\u202f\u202f \u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

This year a record number of people have cast early ballots\u202f\u2014 nearly 99 million\u2014\u202fand with many of those coming by way of mail-in ballots due to concerns about the coronavirus, the counting in some states could be slower than usual.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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