Donald Trump claims critics who say he won’t concede election are ‘crazy’

Holly Patrick

5 November 2024 at 2:13 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dismissed critics who expressed concerns that he would not concede an election loss as "crazy" as he cast his vote in Florida on Tuesday, 5 November.

The former president, who has previously repeatedly and falsely claimed that the 2020 election was "stolen," told reporters as he voted with his wife Melania Trump: "If I lose an election, if it's a fair election I'd be the first one to acknowledge it."

Mr Trump later declared that his supporters are "not violent people."

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