The US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to accept the results of the upcoming November 5 election, but only under certain conditions. He made these comments during his recent debate with Joe Biden, hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday.
During this event, moderator Dana Bash asked Trump three times if he would accept the outcome of the vote. The 78-year-old candidate dodged the question twice but eventually stated that “if it’s a fair and legal, and good election, absolutely.
However, in 2020, Trump never publicly conceded defeat to Joe Biden. He claimed that the vote had been “stolen” from him and challenged its results in court, although without success. In his recent statements, he referred back to these events by saying: “I would have much rather accepted these [results], but the fraud and everything else was ridiculous.
He continued, stating that it would be easier for him if he didn’t have to run again because he wasn’t really going to do so until he saw how poorly Biden was doing his job. Trump is currently leading in polls according to a New York Times/Siena College survey released on Wednesday, with the presumptive Republican nominee at 48%, while Biden lags behind by 4.
Biden responded to these statements, mentioning how Trump lost the first time and appealed to courts all across the country without any success. He added, “When you lost the first time you… appealed and appealed to courts all across the country. Not one single court in America said any of your claims had any merit.
Looking forward to the 2024 election, Biden told Trump: “I doubt whether you’ll accept it because you’re such a whiner. The idea if you lose again, you accepting anything. you can’t stand the loss. Something snapped in you when you lost the last time.
A CNN Flash Poll suggested that 67% of registered voters who watched the debate thought Trump outperformed Biden during their first face-off.