Trump Claims Chinese Election Meddling, Pushes for Stricter Voting Requirements
US President Donald Trump claims China meddled in the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden. In a speech meant to highlight what he says are vulnerabilities with the US voting system, Trump urged Congress to push forward legislation that would add requirements for voters to cast a ballot.
Trump Alleges Chinese Election Meddling
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US President Donald Trump is accusing China of interfering in US elections in an address pushing for changes to the voting system.
Donald Trump (US PRESIDENT):
The Chinese government wanted US president to lose the next election and the reason they wanted me to lose is because they knew I was wise to them. Charged them billions and billions of dollars' worth of tariffs and built the strongest military anywhere in the world. We have the strongest military anywhere in the world.
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Trump says he’s declassifying documents that will reveal vulnerabilities in the US voting system.
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He also says these will show China had access to 220 million US voter files during the 2020 election cycle and that US officials covered up Chinese interference.
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Trump is pushing the US congress to pass a stalled bill that would tighten voting requirements.
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He has long claimed that the 2020 Presidential election was rigged. Joe Biden was declared winner of the election.
