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Trump Says Polling-Place Cheating Is Leading to ‘Rigged’ Election

  • Dead people voting for Democrats, surrogate Giuliani says
  • Courts have found little evidence of in-person voter fraud

Trump Doubles Down on 'Rigged' Election Claim

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his surrogates amplified their rhetoric on the racially charged issue of voting fraud, accusing Democrats of systematic cheating that could throw the election to Hillary Clinton.

Trump said in a Twitter message Sunday that the Nov. 8 election is “absolutely being rigged” at polling places and through media coverage. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said election fraud was a sin committed almost entirely by Democrats in America’s inner cities, where populations tend to be heavily minorities.