Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who is the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, expressed optimism that former President Donald Trump will accept the election results, even if he loses, according to CNN. When asked by reporters before boarding his flight from Pennsylvania to Washington, DC, on Tuesday whether he believes Trump will concede if he loses, Walz stated he believes Trump will concede if “history is … any indicator.”
Walz also promised to “shake hands and work for the winner” if Harris does not win. This statement comes amid concerns over potential disruptions to the electoral process, including bomb threats targeting polling locations across several states.
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Trump and other Republicans have repeatedly indicated they would accept the election results if there is no evidence of fraud, as reported by CNN. Trump had previously spread false claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election as a pretext for trying to overturn the election results.
Walz mentioned he had not spoken to Harris in the past 24 hours but praised her remarks at her final campaign rally in Philadelphia on Monday, according to CNN.
In relation to the bomb threats at various polling locations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Tuesday that the threats appear to have originated from Russian email domains. The FBI confirmed that none of the emails constituted credible threats, as CNN reported.
“The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far,” the agency stated, as quoted by CNN.
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US intelligence officials were investigating an email account linked to a Russian internet domain as a possible source of the non-credible bomb threats that occurred as Georgia held its elections on Tuesday.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger noted that several non-credible bomb threats briefly disrupted voting at two polling places in Georgia, as reported by CNN.
“We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t think they are, but in the interest of public safety, we always check that out, and we’ll just continue to be very responsible when we hear about stuff like that,” Raffensperger stated. “We identified the source, and it was from Russia,” he added, as quoted by CNN.
The presidential race between Harris and Trump is very close, with more states functionally tied in polls than in any comparable election. Over 77.3 million people have already voted ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, accounting for just over half of the total ballots cast in 2020.
The battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are expected to play critical roles in determining the outcome. In the small New Hampshire community of Dixville Notch, a tradition that dates back decades, Harris and Trump each received three votes in a tie, with the poll opening and closing just after midnight ET.
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