‘We’re winning’: Trump tells supporters at first post-election rally

The US president made clear at an event in Georgia that he was neither ready to concede to Biden nor give up on his baseless claims of electoral fraud

He was campaigning on behalf of two Republican candidates facing a hugely important run-off for control of the US Senate on January 5

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Donald Trump speaks on Saturday during a campaign rally for two Republican senators ahead of January run-off elections in Georgia, US. Photo: Reuters

Published: 9:59am, 6 Dec 2020Updated: 10:35pm, 6 Dec 2020

Donald Trump made clear on Saturday he had no intention of relinquishing his baseless claims that last month’s election was stolen from him, telling a raucous crowd at his first post-poll rally he would somehow still win.

In a speech remarkable for its twisting of reality more than a month after the November 3 election, the outgoing president launched into another litany of allegations that the polls won handily by Democrat Joe Biden were rigged.

The crowd in Valdosta, Georgia for what was nominally a rally in support of two Republican Senate candidates facing a hugely consequential run-off election roared in support, at one point chanting “fight for Trump”.

Trump and first lady Melania attend a campaign rally in the US state of Georgia on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Even with Covid-19 cases surging nationwide, there were few masks in the crowd and many ignored social-distancing rules.

In a nearly two-hour speech Trump, 74, declared he would not concede, at times sticking to his script but regularly going off-the-cuff for his more incendiary claims.

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