Donald Trump has continued an unprecedented effort by a major presidential candidate to effectively declare the presidential election invalid before voters have even had their say. Trump’s Wisconsin appearance came after a series of provocative tweets culminating on Monday morning when he wrote: “Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. So naive!” Never before has a major presidential candidate in effect rejected the results before the election has been held. In remarks that were mostly scripted Trump spoke darkly about the election he has long described as “rigged” and made specific unfounded claims about in-person voter fraud. Previously Trump has only spoken in dogwhistles about voter fraud in “certain communities”.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2016 03:12 UTC