Trump says down ballot defeat proves election was rigged because it ‘doesn’t

President Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that the presidential election was rigged and the Democrats’ down-ballot defeat proves it during a Sunday night Twitter tirade from the White House. 

‘”Democrats suffered crushing down-ballot loss across America.” @nytimes. This is true,’ Trump wrote, referring to a New York Times article from Saturday that explained how suburban voters’ disgust with Trump, which was the key to Joe  Biden’s victory, did not translate into a rebuke of other Republicans.

‘All statehouses won, and in Washington we did great. So I led this great charge, and I’m the only one that lost? No, it doesn’t work that way. This was a massive fraud, a RIGGED ELECTION!’ Trump added.

Trump’s tweet was quickly flagged by Twitter as a claim that has been ‘disputed’. 

Shortly after the election was called in favor of Biden, Trump’s team filed multiple suits alleging voter fraud in key states. 

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President Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that the presidential election was rigged in a Sunday night tweet from the White House

‘”Democrats suffered crushing down-ballot loss across America.” @nytimes. This is true. All statehouses won, and in Washington we did great. So I led this great charge, and I’m the only one that lost?’ the president tweeted (pictured) 

Earlier on Sunday Trump made similar election fraud claims in the first TV interview since losing his re-election bid and indicated that he will never concede to president-elect Biden and abandon his conspiracy theory about mass ballot fraud.

‘It’s not like you’re gonna change my mind. My mind will not change in six months,’ Trump told Fox News interviewer Maria Bartiromo.

‘This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud,’ he claimed, again without backing this up. ‘We won the election easily.’

The 45-minute interview, Trump’s first on television since the November 3 election, was mostly a monologue of evidence-free claims concerning election fraud, virtually unchallenged by Bartiromo.

Despite Trump’s unprecedented attack on the validity of the US election system, his legal team has yet to provide any evidence that stands up in court.

Case after case has been rejected by judges around the country. The latest rebuff came from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which on Saturday turned down a lawsuit filed by Trump supporters seeking to contest Biden’s win in the state.

‘We’re trying to put the evidence in and the judges won’t allow us to do it,’ Trump said. ‘We are trying. We have so much evidence.’

Ignoring the usual boundaries between his office and the judicial and law enforcement system, Trump complained that the Department of Justice and FBI were not helping him.

Despite Trump’s unprecedented attack on the validity of the US election system, his legal team has yet to provide any evidence that stands up in court

They are ‘missing in action,’ he said, also questioning the point of the Supreme Court if it doesn’t intervene.

‘We should be heard by the Supreme Court. Something has to be able to get up there. Otherwise, what is the Supreme Court?’ he asked.

The 2020 election was not especially close. Biden won the electoral…