No evidence has emerged about widespread voter fraud claims on which President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have based their delays in accepting the presidential election results. The New York Times this week reached out to officials in all states to follow up on voter fraud claims and found no evidence and in fact concluded that, “the process had been a remarkable success despite record turnout and the complications of a dangerous pandemic.” The Associated Press came to a similar conclusion that Trump’s assertions are “groundless,” and that, “Such claims have put pressure on Republican election officials fielding scores of reports of fraud that so far have turned out to be human error or limited in scope.” Even one of the most major claims made by Republicans of ballot tampering in Pennsylvania fell apart. The Washington Post examined the story and concluded that, “A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread voting irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations.” So scant is the evidence of voter fraud that GOP officials have resorted to offering up massive rewards in their vain searches such as Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick who wants to give a million dollars off his campaign money as “incentive.” The repeated claims of non-existent voter fraud have had a serious impact on public trust in election integrity as a new poll shows that 70% of Republicans believe the November 3rd race was not “free and fair.”

But a Reuters-Ipsos poll that was released Tuesday (but conducted on Saturday afternoon when Joe Biden was declared winner), shows that 80% of Americans said the Democrat won the Presidential race. Strangely the GOP does not doubt the veracity of votes cast for Senate races where the party has now won 50 seats or the House where they expanded their share of seats. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska were the latest two GOP Senators to be declared winners of their races this week. Democrats have 48 seats and are vying for both of Georgia’s Senate seats in a January 5th runoff election. Republicans have now gone on the attack against one of those Democratic Party candidates, Raphael Warnock claiming he is antisemitic because he is a supporter of Black Lives Matter. Mr. Warnock is African American. 

Meanwhile Mr. Trump, who will emerge from hiding out in the White House to mark Veterans Day, has orchestrated a high-level shuffle of Defense Department leaders that has alarmed observers.