Donald Trump has warned darkly of voter fraud in “certain areas” and mocked Hillary Clinton’s health and marriage while suggesting she should be imprisoned. Trump also warned of the specter of voter fraud without evidence, revisiting accusations he first made in August that there will be voter fraud in “certain areas” of Pennsylvania, a statement that was a clear dog-whistle about African American areas of Philadelphia. “Watch your polling booths, because I hear too many stories about Pennsylvania, certain areas,” the Republican nominee told the almost exclusively white crowd in Manheim. A popular rightwing conspiracy theory has long been that Mitt Romney was the victim in voter fraud there in 2012. The Times, which obtained a leaked copy of Trump’s 1995 returns, reported that the Republican nominee took a loss of $916m that year.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2016 03:06 UTC