Donald Trump questions legitimacy of US midterms, cites machines and ballot storage
Trump questioned the outcome on Truth Social, raised concerns about machines and ballot storage after Republicans suffered heavy losses.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump publicly questioned the legitimacy of last week's midterm election results in the United States, saying the outcome deserved scrutiny and explicitly mentioning voting machines and locations where ballots are stored.
Trump initially said he would accept the outcome, but in a post on Truth Social he challenged how the contests and the pre-election polls played out.
He asked why polls were so wrong
In his post Trump wrote: "Does anyone really believe that these 'results' were honest? How could the polls be so wrong?"
The elections delivered decisive losses for Republicans, and Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in last week's vote.
State and local election officials across the United States said voting proceeded largely without problems.
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