There isn’t a proof of compromised ballots or corrupt voting programs within the US election, officers stated Thursday, as a high Democrat accused Republicans who refuse to just accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win of “poisoning” democracy.

Their messages got here hours after President Donald Trump as soon as once more cried foul, retweeting a baseless declare that an election gear maker “deleted” 2.7 million votes for him nationwide.

With most Republican lawmakers having but to acknowledge Biden’s win, Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, the chamber’s high Democrat, accused them Thursday of “denying actuality” and “auditioning for profiles in cowardice.”

“As an alternative of working to drag the nation again collectively in order that we will battle our frequent enemy Covid-19, Republicans in Congress are spreading conspiracy theories, denying actuality and poisoning the properly of our democracy,” he stated.

Senior US federal and state election officers in the meantime in a press release rejected Trump’s claims of fraud, saying that “the November third election was essentially the most safe in American historical past.”

The assertion was issued by the Election Infrastructure Authorities Coordinating Council, a public-private umbrella group below the first federal election safety physique, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company (CISA).

“There isn’t a proof that any voting system deleted or misplaced votes, modified votes, or was in any approach compromised,” they stated.

“Whereas we all know there are numerous unfounded claims and alternatives for misinformation concerning the means of our elections, we will guarantee you we have now the utmost confidence within the safety and integrity of our elections, and you need to too,” the assertion stated.

It was signed by the heads of the Nationwide Affiliation of State Election Administrators and the Nationwide Affiliation of Secretaries of State — the officers who handle elections on the state degree — and by the chairman of the US Election Help Fee.

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– ‘Absurd circus’ –

The assertion got here simply hours after Trump’s retweet, which along with claiming 2.7 million “deleted” votes additionally stated a whole bunch of thousand had been switched from him to Biden in Pennsylvania and different states.

It was the most recent in a collection of bogus assertions Trump and Republicans have put forth with a view to reject Biden’s victory.

Republican lawmakers corresponding to Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell have stood agency with Trump by supporting his refusal to concede and backing his authorized challenges.

Democratic Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in Thursday to demand Republicans cease what she referred to as an “absurd circus” and switch to combatting the pandemic.

“Now that the individuals have expressed their views, Joe Biden has received (and) Kamala Harris would be the first lady vice chairman of the USA,” Pelosi stated.

Political consultants imagine Republicans could also be invoking such a technique as a solution to rile up Trump’s base earlier than two US Senate runoff elections in Georgia that may decide which occasion controls the chamber.

A complete of 161 former nationwide safety officers, together with some who labored with Trump, moreover warned the present administration’s continued delay in recognizing Biden’s victory is posing “a critical danger to nationwide safety.”

In a letter, the group together with ex-Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel and Trump’s former Nationwide Safety Council senior counterterrorism director Javed Ali urged Normal Companies Administration chief Emily Murphy to acknowledge Biden because the obvious president-elect.

With out a GSA signoff, transition funds and different sources together with entry to intelligence briefings can not movement to Biden and his staff, however Murphy has refused to budge.

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