| While Trump still dominated rural America, this was not universally true | 63 The held two debates with various third party and independent candidates, one on October 8, 2020, in , , and another on October 24, 2020, in |
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| "It was a tautly restrained outrage as he described the failings of President Donald Trump, and he seemed to hold back tears multiple times as he fielded questions from Americans experiencing overwhelming fear and loss amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic | from the original on June 18, 2020 |
Late counting In Pennsylvania, where the counting of mail-in ballots began on election night, Trump declared victory on November 4 with a lead of 675,000 votes, despite more than a million ballots remaining uncounted.
6| Every state won by Biden was won by more votes than Hillary Clinton won each state | A number of congressional Republicans insisted they were committed to an orderly and peaceful transition of power, but declined to criticize Trump for his comments |
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| 2020 Trump departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland after being treated for Covid-19 Trump departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland after being treated for Covid-19 Trump wins Republican presidential primary and paves way for his bid for reelection | Trump: "We are trying very hard" to reunite 545 children taken at the border whose parents have not been located |
In view of these legal defeats, Trump began to employ "a public pressure campaign on state and local Republican officials to manipulate the electoral system on his behalf".
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