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Trump refuses to say if he will accept election results

Posted October. 21, 2016 07:10,   

Updated October. 21, 2016 07:21

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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump openly hinted at a possibility of refusing to accept the election results in case he loses the race to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Roam Clinton on the November 8 election. With the elections only 18 days ahead, it appears that a political mud fight will continue over the campaign trail of the U.S. presidential election to the last minute.

“I will tell you at the time. I will keep you in suspense,” Trump said during the third presidential debate, which took place at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Wednesday (local time), answering a question from the moderator whether he will accept the election result on Nov. 8. This remark is a complete about-face from the previous comments he made in the first debate on Sept. 26 when he said he would support Clinton if he lost the election. Clinton instantly responded, calling his remarks “horrifying.”

Trump claims that the mainstream media including the New York Times are rigging the election to make Clinton president of the U.S. With the Republican nominee mentioning a possibility of refusing to accept the election results, some are voicing serious concern that it will take significant costs for American society to recover from the mess it is currently in.

During the last televised debate, the two candidates had heated arguments, ranging from the major policy issues such as gun control, immigration, and allies’ nuclear armament, to personal scandals surrounding Trump’s sexually harassing remarks and Clinton’s private email account. Trump used senseless language as usual, calling Clinton “such a nasty woman,” while Clinton denounced Trump as “the most dangerous person to run for president in the modern history of America.” In a survey taken by CNN right after the debate was over found that 52 percent of the respondents said Clinton did a good job, and 39 percent sided with Trump, showing a margin of 13 percentage points.



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