Washington DC:
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the operating mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, expressed optimism that former President Donald Trump will settle for the election outcomes even when he loses, CNN reported.
When requested by reporters earlier than Walz boarded his flight from Pennsylvania to Washington, DC, on Tuesday if he believes Trump will concede the election if he loses, Walz mentioned he believes Trump will concede, if “historical past is … any indicator”.
Walz additionally pledged to “shake palms and work for the winner” if Harris loses.
This assertion comes amidst issues over potential disruptions to the electoral course of, together with bomb threats to polling areas throughout a number of states.
Trump and different Republicans repeatedly prompt they’d settle for the outcomes of the presidential election if there was no proof of fraud, as per CNN. Trump unfold false claims of voter fraud in the course of the 2020 presidential election as a pretence to aim to overthrow the outcomes of the election.
Walz mentioned he didn’t communicate to Harris within the final 24 hours however praised her remarks at her ultimate marketing campaign rally in Philadelphia on Monday, as per CNN.
In the meantime, speaking concerning the bomb threats in varied polling areas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation mentioned on Tuesday (native time) that bomb threats to polling areas throughout a number of states seem to have originated from Russian e mail domains. The FBI added that not one of the emails have been credible threats, as per CNN.
“The FBI is conscious of bomb threats to polling areas in a number of states, lots of which seem to originate from Russian e mail domains. Not one of the threats have been decided to be credible so far,” CNN quoted the company’s assertion.
US intelligence officers have been inspecting an e mail account utilizing a Russian web area because the potential supply of non-credible bomb threats made when Georgia went to polls on Tuesday.
A number of non-credible bomb threats briefly disrupted voting at two polling locations in Georgia, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as per CNN.
“We have heard some threats that have been of Russian origin. I do not know how you can describe that that is viable – we do not assume they’re, however within the curiosity of public security, we at all times examine that out, and we’ll simply proceed to be very accountable once we hear about stuff like that,” Raffensperger mentioned. “We recognized the supply, and it was from Russia,” CNN quoted him as saying.
The presidential race between Harris and Trump goes right down to the wire, with extra states functionally tied in polls at this level than in any comparable election. Over 77.3 million folks have now voted forward of Election Day on Tuesday, simply over half of the full ballots forged in 2020.
The battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are anticipated to be pivotal to the trail to victory.
Harris and Trump tied with three votes every within the tiny New Hampshire neighborhood of Dixville Notch, which opened and closed its ballot simply after midnight ET in a decades-old custom.
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