Trump Sows Doubt in U.S. Election With Polls Showing Biden Leading

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DeJoy tells senators Postal Service is prepared for election

Donald Trump speaks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting in Arlington, Virginia on Aug. 21.Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg

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By Jennifer Jacobs

August 21, 2020 at 5:51 PM UTC

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August 21, 2020 at 6:29 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump sought to sow more public doubt in the November election on Friday, repeating unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots would lead to voter fraud, as he lags behind Democratic challenger Joe Biden in polls.

Trump, in a speech Friday, said mail-in voting “will be a tremendous embarrassment for our country, it will go on forever and you will never know who won. This is a very serious problem and something has to be done about it.”