Trump Casts Doubt on Midterm Election Results After Republican Defeat

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President Donald Trump cast doubt on the credibility of the midterm election results in the United States, in which Republicans lost control of both houses of Congress. Trump wondered how the polls had been so wrong and claimed that early voting and voting machines had affected the results.

The claims were raised in a post Trump published on the Truth Social network, in which he wrote that "how did the polls get it so wrong" and that the volume of early voting was so large that "it was impossible to win." According to Trump, voting machines became more important than the voters themselves.

Trump did not present evidence of irregularities. Official election authorities and courts in the United States have previously rejected similar claims and ruled that the process was valid. The remarks come after Trump stated last week that he would accept the election results.