This year’s midterm elections were a big deal for those who were concerned over controversial issues such as immigration and health care. From celebrities to influencers, people were being encouraged to vote and to speak their voice no matter your political beliefs or position.
On November 6th, Americans nationwide voted on who they believe should be representing their state in the Senate and the House of Representatives. After a long day of voting, finally the votes were counted up and the results were in. Democrats have control over the House of Representatives while Republicans have control over the Senate.
Once the results came out, the president tweeted about how he is happy and feels the results were overall successful! He showed how he was thrilled that Republicans took control over the Senate.
Many were surprised over how happy the President was since the Republicans did lose control of the House of Representatives and it could potentially affect Republicans and President Trump’s agenda for America.
Shortly after these tweets, the president declared electoral corruption, claiming that signatures in Arizona do not match. He states the possibility of a new election and to ensure that we all must protect our democracy.
Recently, ABC news stated that Trump has called the ballots in Florida “massively infected” and demands a recount. Many Democrats believe that Trump is hurting the country and affecting our democracy because Trump is stating these “facts” with no proof! People also believe that Trump is pushing his agenda and believes that recounting would push for Republicans to take back control of the House of Representatives, angering Democrats.
Could this potentially be a republican motive? If the ballots that are recounted turn out to be a Republican winning, I believe many Democrats will be angered and may even believe that the ballots were corrupted for the pure benefit of Trump’s agenda.
What can the people of America do now? Unfortunately, all we truly can do is sit and wait for America’s decision to decide if they will recount these ballots. As stated before, Trump’s claim that these ballots were corrupted, has no evidence so it is unclear whether or not they will even begin to debate to recount these ballots or even have an entirely new election. It is important to keep in and mind and to hope that president and those who would be recounting the ballots have America’s best interest at heart.
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