Trump Camp "Will Demand Recount in Wisconsin"

Biden's Lead Reversed Claims "There Is Fraud"
Trump Criticizes Mail-In Ballot Counting Repeatedly via Tweets

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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded a recount in Wisconsin, where Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is currently leading.

Bill Stepien, Trump campaign chief of staff, said in a statement released on the 4th (local time), "Despite the absurd polls suppressing the candidate, we have maintained a close race in Wisconsin."

He added, "There have been reports of fraud in several counties in Wisconsin, raising serious doubts about the validity of the results. The president has far exceeded the threshold to request a recount, and we will do so immediately."

In Wisconsin, with 98% of the votes counted, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is leading President Trump by 0.6 percentage points.

The Trump campaign is interpreted as taking preemptive action before the winner in Wisconsin is announced. Wisconsin allows a candidate to request a recount at their own expense if the election result difference is within 1%.

The campaign's announcement came after President Trump expressed strong dissatisfaction on Twitter over the mail-in ballots being counted and the consecutive setbacks in battleground states.

On the morning of the same day, President Trump tweeted, "Last night, in most cases, I was showing a solid lead in many key states run or controlled by the Democrats, but as a remarkable pile of ballots was counted, this lead began to disappear one by one like magic," adding, "Very strange." He also emphasized, "How can the pile of mail-in ballots be so overwhelmingly and destructively in favor every time they are counted?"

President Trump continued, "They are finding Biden’s votes all over Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This is bad for our country."

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