Donald Trump’s campaign allies joined his baseless accusation of a “rigged election” on Sunday, with Rudy Giuliani speaking in racially charged terms amidst growing fears of a violent backlash from supporters of the Republican presidential nominee. Allies including running mate Mike Pence and top adviser Giuliani, a former mayor of New York, backed up his claim. His support for the “rigged election” claim puts him well outside the mainstream. Giuliani and Trump, however, have continued to argue that it does exist, and blamed “inner cities”, which Giuliani said Republicans “don’t control”. “I think after – by all accounts – losing the first two debates, he started to make wild claims, kind of scorched earth claims about the election being rigged.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2016 14:59 UTC