Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump believes that political violence is conceivable in the US if the elections in the autumn are not conducted ‘fairly’. The Republican candidate has stoked the political mood in the United States since his defeat.
Will things remain peaceful if Biden wins again? Trump responded to Time Magazine in an interview published on Tuesday: “I think we’re going to win. And if we don’t win, that’s what matters. It always comes down to the fairness of elections.”
Trump then referred to his long-debunked claim that massive fraud robbed him of victory in the 2020 presidential election: “I don’t think they’re going to get away with it this time. And if that is the case, we will win on record.”
The conversation took place in two parts
The interview was conducted in two parts in April. Both times, Trump was asked whether he expected political violence after the election. The first time he replied: “I think we will have a big victory. And I don’t think there will be any violence.” In the second part of the interview he was specifically asked what would happen in the event of a defeat.
The political mood in the US has been heated for years – Trump’s polarizing term in office and in particular the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 continues to have an impact. At the time, Trump supporters violently entered the parliament building in the capital Washington after an inflammatory speech by the already outvoted incumbent president. Congress met there to formally confirm Democrat Biden’s victory.
Riots claimed five lives
Five people were killed as a result of the riots. Since then, Trump has repeated the story of alleged election fraud numerous times. Now he is campaigning with it again. However, Trump himself has now been charged in connection with attempted election fraud because he subsequently tried to overturn the democratic results of the 2020 presidential election.
In January, US Attorney General Merrick Garland denounced increasing threats against officials and democratic institutions in the country as the election year begins. Since then, fears appear to have been confirmed that social divisions in the country could become even greater as a result of the expected rematch of the Trump-Biden match in November.
Source: Krone
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