Trump says major networks should be called out for electoral tampering

President Donald Trump has said major television networks should be exposed for allegedly tampering with the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“Fox News, Quinnipiac University Poll, ABC / WaPo, NBC / WSJ were so inaccurate in their polls about me, it really falsifies an election,” Trump tweeted Monday evening. “They were so far away from their poll, and in their crackdown, that they should be called up for election interference.”

The tweet continued: “Worst poll ever, and then they’ll be back in four years to do it again. It’s more than cutting voter funding and campaigning!”

Although the vote totals are not yet official and Trump has yet to concede, the Associated Press, alongside major television networks, called the election of Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Saturday after he was planned to reach Pennsylvania. With the state’s 20 electoral votes, Biden topped the 270 needed to secure the White House.

The president has targeted major media networks since the election was called in favor of Biden, alleging that they unfairly decided the election.

In a tweet on Sunday, Trump said, “Since when has Lamestream Media called out who will be our president? We’ve all learned a lot in the past two weeks!”

The president’s tweet echoed similar comments from Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

“The media is desperately trying to get everyone to crown Joe Biden as the next president,” Cruz said during an appearance on Fox News on Sunday. “But that’s not how it works, the media don’t choose our president, the American people elect our president.”

Media calls the race based on exit polls and historical data from each state. The Associated Press, in particular, reported that using information collected by their VoteCast database to confirm trends within a state, which means that if the exit poll shows a strong Republican trend in a State which is historically republican, the PA will then call this State. when polling stations close.

The electoral race is official when the secretaries of each state publish a final count. The winner of the election is cemented on December 14 when the electoral college meets and votes for either of the presidential candidates.

Trump indicated on Saturday that he would not concede the election to Biden and threatened an “unspecified legal challenge,” according to the Associated Press.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday it was too early for President Donald Trump to concede the election, a belief Cruz echoed in a separate interview that day.

The Trump campaign has filed several lawsuits since election day, many of which relate to allegations of potential electoral fraud and repression. However, an official from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) said CNN Saturday that there is “no evidence” of widespread electoral fraud in the country.

“Very few substantiated complaints, let me put it that way,” said Ellen Weintraub, the FEC commissioner. “There is no evidence of any kind of electoral fraud. There is no evidence of illegal voting.

The Republican National Committee announced on Friday that it had deployed “court challenges teams” to Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to the New York Times.

The Trump campaign and the Republican Party have also filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the counting of the ballots. However, the lawsuits did not gain popularity in court – with many complaints appearing to lack substantial evidence of wrongdoing, resulting in their referral by judges.