China denies Trumps election claims, calling them | Political News

While addressing the nation on Thursday, President Donald Trump once again claimed the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election was rigged and accused Beijing of meddling with the outcomes.

In response on Friday, China maintained that it has never interfered in U.S. elections and possesses no curiosity in doing so, while calling on Washington to halt its “groundless accusations.”

“The relevant allegations by the U.S. are entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian. “We have no interest in interfering in US elections and have never done so.”

Speaking to the nation on Thursday, Trump continued his efforts to solid doubt on the 2020 election outcomes, in which he misplaced to Joe Biden, while advocating for tighter voting laws forward of the midterms.

“The People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files,” the President claimed in his speech. “That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data.”

Trump asserted that a ‘data exploitation unit’ positioned in mainland China was accountable for hacking the data.

To date, no evidence of fraud or voting machine insecurity in the 2020 election has been established.

Trump used these claims as justification for his push to move a strict voter ID invoice through Congress. The invoice has not yet superior because it lacks assist from Republicans. “America is back and doing really well, but we still have a major challenge that must be urgently addressed, because no country can be great without fair and honest elections,” he said.

During a daily press briefing in Beijing, Lin urged the United States to stop making unsubstantiated allegations against China.

When questioned about how this scenario would possibly affect Chinese President Xi Jinping’s deliberate go to to the U.S. this coming September, the spokesperson acknowledged, “As I just said, we urge the U.S. to stop making an issue of China in its elections and do something conducive to China-U.S. relations.”

Lin added that Trump’s claims have been “aimed at vilifying China” and accused the U.S. of interfering in other international locations’ elections.

Following a assembly between Trump and Xi during Trump’s go to to Beijing in mid-May, both nations announced plans to implement a new framework for managing bilateral relations. Trump prolonged an invitation for Xi to journey to the United States in September, an invitation that Beijing has since confirmed Xi accepted.

Trump attacked NBC and ABC during his tackle, after both networks declined to broadcast his primetime speech live on tv. Hours before he spoke, the networks opted to stream the tackle completely on digital platforms, anticipating his remarks would heart on the debunked 2020 presidential election fraud conspiracy idea.