{"id":2364097,"date":"2024-11-04T22:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraud-is-top-issue-for-trump-and-his-supporters-on-election-day-eve\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:06:23","slug":"fraud-is-top-issue-for-trump-and-his-supporters-on-election-day-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraud-is-top-issue-for-trump-and-his-supporters-on-election-day-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud is top issue for Trump and his supporters on Election Day eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffraud-is-top-issue-for-trump-and-his-supporters-on-election-day-eve%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2364097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a rally in Pittsburgh on the eve of\u200c the 2024 \u2063election, former President Donald Trump emphasized concerns over election integrity, echoing sentiments from his supporters who fear widespread fraud. Many \u2062attendees, including Gloria Phillips and Aaron Kirow, expressed doubts about the fairness of the voting process and suggested that subtle forms of\u200d cheating could occur, although no concrete evidence has been provided to support\u2063 these claims. \u200cTrump, while leading slightly in polls against Vice President\u2064 Kamala\u200c Harris in Pennsylvania, cited concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-department-of-state-tells-counties-not-to-allow-outside-access-to-voting-systems\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Department of State Tells Counties Not To Allow Outside Access to Voting Systems\">electronic voting systems<\/a> and pushed for reliance on paper ballots and same-day voting.<\/p>\n<p>The rally highlighted the belief \u2062among Trump&#8217;s supporters that a large Republican turnout could prevent electoral \u200dmanipulation. Trump referred to past election results, noting how he flipped Pennsylvania in 2016 and how President Biden \u2063reclaimed it in 2020. Recent voter registration trends show a significant narrowing of the Democratic advantage in \u200bthe\u2064 state. As the election approaches, Trump&#8217;s\u2062 focus remains \u2062on rallying his base and instilling confidence in \u2063their ability \u2064to secure a \u2063fair outcome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fraud is top issue for Trump and supporters on Election Day eve<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1872259\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>PITTSBURGH &mdash;<\/strong> The integrity of the election process was a central topic for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> during his final stop in Pittsburg, before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump spoke at length about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-move-on-h-r-1-for-the-people-act-to-eliminate-voter-id-requirements-remove-gop-congressional-seats\/\" title=\"House Democrats move on H.R.1 \u2018For the People Act\u2019 to eliminate voter ID requirements, remove GOP congressional seats\">voter identification laws<\/a> and the ability to break into voting machines, saying that tech billionaire Elon Musk advised him that electronic voting systems are less secure than traditional paper ballots.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Computers aren&rsquo;t meant for this kind of thing,&rdquo; Trump said of his conversations with Musk. &ldquo;The only thing you can do is paper ballots and same-day voting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is leading Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> by less than 1 percentage point in Pennsylvania on average, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/pennsylvania\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em>, but the former president has sown seeds of doubt about the outcome of the election should he lose.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump has particularly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3213780\/trump-supporters-turnout-early-pennsylvania-bucks-county\/\"> challenged<\/a> the integrity of early and mail-in voting policies in the state, but he has encouraged Pennsylvanian voters to take advantage of early voting when possible since most Republicans tend to vote on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let everyone think it is going to be as tight as hell, but whether it is or not, just you have to go out and we have to swamp them,&rdquo; Trump said to his supporters at PPG Paints Arena, the hockey and concert stadium in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Trump blamed the media for reporting that it was going to be a close election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Believe the fake news when they say &lsquo;this is going to be tight.&rsquo; This is really not tight,&rdquo; said Trump, &ldquo;but they want to do that because they want to get ratings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doubt about the election<\/h2>\n<p>During Trump&rsquo;s speech in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-pa-rally-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lititz\">Lititz<\/a>, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County on Sunday, the former president made a host of claims about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-audit-finds-that-2020-election-was-secure-voting-machines-counted-accurately\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Audit Finds That 2020 Election Was Secure, Voting Machines Counted Accurately\">widespread fraud cost<\/a> him reelection in 2020, which has not been supported by proof.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Outside PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Nov. 4, 2024 (Gabrielle Etzel\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although several attendees of the rally were reticent to speak to reporters for fear of contributing to the so-called fake news,&rdquo; multiple rally attendees in Pittsburgh told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they are not confident about the integrity of the election process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re figuring out millions of ways to cheat. It&rsquo;s unbelievable,&rdquo; said Gloria Phillips, a western Pennsylvania resident. &ldquo;They cheated in the last one, I guarantee you. I&rsquo;m afraid they&rsquo;re gonna cheat again. That&rsquo;s already evident that they are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Kirow, a resident of the North Hills of Pittsburgh, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, that election integrity officials have &ldquo;raised the bar&rdquo; since the 2020 race. But institutional challenges, like refusing to remove former independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> from ballots in several states, still unfairly disadvantages Republicans, Kirow said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the subtle cheating where it&rsquo;s not overt. Maybe not necessarily somebody&rsquo;s voting in place of a dead person or fake ballots coming in,&rdquo; said Kirow, &ldquo;but it&rsquo;s still cheating.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glenn from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, said that he is more secure in the fairness of the election than he was in 2020, but he still believes widespread fraud will be rampant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re just cheating. They&rsquo;re gonna cheat, we gotta expect them to cheat,&rdquo; said Glenn, who declined to provide his last name. &ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s just gotta go vote, man. Don&rsquo;t pass it off. Just pretend like we&rsquo;re behind.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several attendees repeated Trump&rsquo;s line that they hope Republican turnout is &ldquo;too big to rig,&rdquo; a phrase used by the former president to encourage voter turnout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young family outside PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA November 4, 2024 (Gabrielle Etzel\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s going to be too big to rig,&rdquo; said Christa from northeastern Ohio, who brought her husband and infant to the rally as well. &ldquo;I think there is some cheating in all elections, so it&rsquo;s not something that I trust. But, again, I hope for a fair election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garret, a 22-year-old college student from Dayton, Ohio, said that he hopes Trump can make turnout &ldquo;too big to rig&rdquo; this year, but he voiced concerns that electronic voting systems are open to vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just think if they&rsquo;re gonna use computers, it could be kind of hard to stop them from cheating, like hacking into the system,&rdquo; said Garret. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t really figure out where that&rsquo;s gonna come from.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump told a story about how his son, Barron Trump, was able to easily crack his password to his computer as evidence that young people are able to manipulate technology more easily.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon said there is no computer in the world that can&rsquo;t be broken into easily,&rdquo; said Trump.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pennsylvania the swing state<\/h2>\n<p>Trump shocked the nation when he flipped Pennsylvania red for the first time in nearly three decades in 2016 by about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/elections\/2016\/results\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"44,000 votes\">44,000 votes<\/a>. President Joe Biden, a native of Scranton, flipped the Keystone State back in 2020 by about 81,000 votes during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic when the state loosened mail-in voting requirements.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, registered Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/democrats-voter-registration-advantage-eroded-pennsylvania-means-2024-rcna176420\">outnumbered<\/a> Republicans by about 630,000. But as of October 2024, Democrats only outnumber Republicans by 300,000.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s visit to Pittsburgh on Monday makes a total of 17 stops in Allegheny County among the GOP and Democratic presidential and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">vice presidential candidates<\/a>, a new record for an election season according to local officials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rafaela Gomez, a resident of Reading in eastern Pennsylvania, has traveled with her husband to more than 20 Trump rallies selling merchandise, including at the second rally in Butler on Oct. 5 following the assassination attempt there this summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Outside PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA November 4, 2024 (Gabrielle Etzel\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gomez said that she is scared to cast her ballot in person in Reading because, in 2020, she had problems casting her ballot on the voting machine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like I should have voted early. He&rsquo;s been stressing us to vote early,&rdquo; Gomez said of Trump. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m like, I&rsquo;ve never voted early. I&rsquo;m always used to voting on Election Day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1872259\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1872259\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraud concerns dominate Trump and supporters on Election Eve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2364098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-final-night.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33731,6909,3634],"class_list":["post-2364097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-day","tag-fraud","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-final-night.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364101,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364097\/revisions\/2364101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}