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Trump baselessly sows doubt about election at Pennsylvania rallies while >coronavirus surges

by Julia Terruso and Chris Brennan, Updated: October 31, 2020- 9:46 PM

Trump traveled across Pennsylvania on Saturday, holding several large-
scale rallies in defiance of public health guidance during which he
leveled baseless claims of election fraud ?and made no secret of the >importance the state holds for his reelection hopes.

?f we win Pennsylvania, it? over,?Trump told several thousand
supporters gathered at an airport hangar in Reading. ?t? over. Let? do
it.

Over the course of four appearances, Trump laid out a closing argument of >sorts, although hardly a new one. He played down the pandemic a day after >coronavirus cases reached new highs, attacked Joe Biden personally, and >painted a picture of a country locked down if his rival wins the White
House ?even though Trump is president of a country where the economy and >daily life have been upended by the pandemic.

?nder Biden, there will be no school, no graduations, no weddings, no >Thanksgiving, no Easter, no Christmas, no Fourth of July, no nothing,?
Trump said during one rally in Butler, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, >near the end of a year when schools have been closed and graduations and >weddings canceled.
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Earlier in the day in Bucks County, Trump called Pennsylvania ?he state
that will save the American dream.?He spoke outside the house George >Washington used to stage his crossing of the Delaware River during the >Revolutionary War. And he drew an ominous parallel to the 2020 election ?
the stakes of which both parties have framed in apocalyptic terms.

?t was a tough night,?Trump said in Newtown. ?t was a violent night.
... It turned the entire tide of the war. ... They were determined to live
in a country where power belongs to the people ... That priceless
inheritance is at stake just three days from now.?
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Trump continued to baselessly sow doubt about an electoral process already >well underway and set to reach its climax Tuesday, amid fears of political >violence and a president who has refused to commit to accepting the
results.

He again encouraged his supporters to go to Philadelphia and scrutinize >polling places there. Only official campaign poll watchers certified by
the city can do that. He complained that the U.S. Supreme Court hasn? >overturned a state Supreme Court ruling extending the deadline for mail >ballots. The case remains pending before the high court, and Democrats
fear it may toss out ballots that arrive after Election Day with no
recourse for voters. He suggested that Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, would >tamper with mail ballots. County elections officials process ballots, not
the Wolf administration.
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And he signaled that if results aren? known the night of the election,
they can? be trusted.

?ou wait and very bad things can happen with ballots,?Trump said.

?READ MORE: What we will and won? know on election night in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania elections officials aren? allowed to begin opening mail
ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day, it could take days to complete that >count, and there is no evidence whatsoever that anything nefarious will >happen during the process.
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?ovember 3rd is going to come and go and we?e not gonna know and you?e
gonna have bedlam in our country,?Trump said.

Trump? daylong trip across Pennsylvania in the closing hours of the
campaign was a sign of the critical role it plays in his electoral math.
With Biden leading by larger margins in other that states Hillary Clinton >lost in 2016, Trump has few paths to victory without winning Pennsylvania.

He stopped in in Bucks, Berks, Butler, and Lycoming Counties.

Both candidates plan to crisscross the state in the coming days.
Democratic nominee Biden will spend Sunday in Philadelphia. On Monday,
Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, and her husband Doug Emhoff will join him.

A parade of Biden surrogates, including Pete Buttigieg and actors like
Debra Messing, also appeared around the state Saturday. Trump? son Eric
and daughter Ivanka will campaign in the state Sunday. Vice President Mike >Pence will hold two rallies in Pennsylvania on Sunday, in Erie and
Latrobe. And Trump will also be back with a rally in Luzerne County on >Monday.
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?READ MORE: Trump has put Philly on the front lines of his attack on
voting

In Newtown, Trump was notably subdued for a crowd of several hundred
gathered on a cool Halloween morning. His performances later in front of >larger crowds were more energetic. But all hit on common themes he brings
up in the state, including a baseless claim that Philadelphia will be a
hot spot for voter fraud.

?e have to be very, very careful in this state," Trump said. ?hat
happens in Philadelphia, we have to be very careful. Everyone has to
watch.?

Trump repeated his frequent false claim that the U.S. is ?ounding that >turn?on the pandemic, despite both cases and hospitalizations spiking
across the country, and deaths once again on the rise. Just a day earlier, >the U.S. reported almost 100,000 new cases, a world record for a single
day. Public health officials and advocates have been increasingly critical
of the rallies as likely avenues for the virus to spread.
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?? here,?he said referring to his recovery after contracting the virus,
later adding, ?? a great physical specimen.?

He accused Biden of ?etrayal and treachery,?drawing boos and a chant of
?ock him up.?

In a statement Saturday, Biden said Trump? ?efusal to take COVID-19
seriously or be honest with the American people about the reality of the >virus has cost Pennsylvania thousands of lives and hundreds of thousands
of jobs.?

?READ MORE: How Biden? lead is different from Clinton? ?and why the
polls are different this time
Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President and Democratic >nominee Joe Biden greet each other at a rally Saturday at Northwestern
High School in Flint, Mich.
Andrew Harnik / AP
Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President and Democratic >nominee Joe Biden greet each other at a rally Saturday at Northwestern
High School in Flint, Mich.

Campaigning for Biden in Michigan, former President Barack Obama assailed >Trump for focusing on the size of the crowds at his rallies.

?hen a country? going through a pandemic, that? not what you?e
supposed to be worrying about," Obama said. ?hat? the difference between
Joe Biden and Trump right there. Trump cares about feeding his ego, Joe
cares about keeping you and your family safe.?

A Suffolk University/USA Today national poll released Thursday showed that >59% of likely voters disapprove of Trump? decision to hold large campaign >rallies during the pandemic, while 64% approve of Biden? decision to
forgo such gatherings.

Trump won Pennsylvania four years ago by less than 1 percentage point. He >lost Bucks County to Hillary Clinton only narrowly, even as she won >Philadelphia? other suburban collar counties more comfortably. He won
Berks County, home to Reading, by 10 points. Lycoming and Butler Counties
are more indicative of Trump? focus in other stops this month on
maximizing vote totals in areas he won comfortably: He won Lycoming by
nearly 45 points and Butler by 37 points.

In a final Muhlenberg College/Morning Call poll released Saturday, Biden >maintained a slim 5-point lead over Trump in the state ?within the
survey? margin of error. Polls have consistently showed Biden leading
Trump by mid- to high-single digits in a state that could determine the >winner. Strategists in both parties have expected the race to tighten at
the end.

Trump personally attacked Biden? physical appearance throughout the day, >mocking his eyes (accusing him of having face lift surgery), his stature >(?ery slight?, and his mental fitness, at one point looking around
imitating a confused person.

Before the Bucks rally on Saturday, Lynn O?rien, a veteran of the U.S.
Army Nursing Corps, said she thought Trump had ? very good chance?of
being reelected.

? think the people who have been hesitant to speak out will show up at
the polls.?Asked why people are reluctant, O?rien said, ? think because
of fear of being censored or canceled, or have your sign taken out of your >yard. Things like that have been going on. We hear about it and say, ?o, >that? not for me.?

Milo Morris, of Riegelsville, predicted a tight race, but said, ? think
he will pull it out.?

? think at this point people very much have their minds made up. I
haven? run into anybody who is sitting on the fence still," Morris said.
"So people are either all in for Biden or all in for Trump.?

Remember Biden? Don't seem to hear anything good about him these days.
I guess crying about Trump will suffice.

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