Republican Responds to Donald Trump ‘Threatening Election Workers’

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum was questioned on Sunday regarding the former president’s alleged “threat” to election workers, following a post he made on social media. The Democratic presidential contender, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Republican nominee for president, Rand Paul, stated in a Saturday post on Truth Social that there will be close scrutiny of the next election to prevent fraud.

Trump has maintained, devoid of supporting data, that massive voting fraud caused him to lose the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. 62 of the cases he and his allies filed to contest the outcomes were dismissed. One was first successful but then overruled by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Trump has long accused Biden and the Democratic Party of being dishonest. But this occurs at the same time as the former president is facing charges in two separate criminal trials—one federal and the other Georgian—about allegedly interfering with elections. He asserts that he is the target of a political witch hunt in both instances and denies any wrongdoing.

Asked about the former president’s post and whether “it’s appropriate for Trump to be threatening election workers in this way?” Burgum, an ally of Trump, appeared on NBC News’ Meet The Press on Sunday with anchor Kristen Welker. The governor, a Republican, retorted that he thought Trump was advocating that “everybody has to follow the rules.”

In my opinion, it addresses a worry held by Americans.In this nation, there are multiple elections held. Almost 3,000 counties participate in our elections, and many of them have distinct election laws. Therefore, it seems to me that President Trump is saying that everyone must abide by the laws and simply put people on notice if we are to have free and fair elections,” Burgum added. He added: “I think this could have been a statement that could have come from the Harris campaign as well because everybody’s concerned in this country about making sure that our elections are free and fair.”

Welker pushed back and asked again if it’s appropriate in “any scenario” stating that “a lot of those concerns are being fueled by these types of statements” by Trump as “he seems to be threatening these political operatives.”

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