Speaking to reporters, President Trump accuses Mary Peltola's side of running a "fake candidate" named Dan Sullivan against Senator Dan Sullivan "in order to cheat in the election." He says Peltola should resign from the race and be "prosecuted criminally," and he also points to "the people that participated with her." These are his accusations, not charges.
The receipt
- Who
- President Trump
- Where
- briefing - press gaggle with reporters before an Ohio rally
- Original footage
- Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 37 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 134 on Instagram
Read the transcript
They created a fake candidate. They took a candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against another candidate who's a great senator named Dan Sullivan in order to cheat in the election. They said they didn't do it and we caught him cold. And Mary Peltola should resign from the race. I think she should be prosecuted criminally for what she did. And I think that the people that participated with her should they swore and they in all statements that they knew nothing about it. This guy Dan Sullivan just ran against Dan Sullivan.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.