Despite winning the state in the 2020 election, Trump wrote to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday and pushed him to audit the results.
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The Texas Secretary of State's office said they will audit the results of the 2020 election in four counties.Although Trump won the state in 2020, the audit primarily focuses on counties where Joe Biden won.Texas officials have said they will launch a "forensic audit" of the results of the 2020 election in its four largest counties, following pressure from former President Donald Trump.on Thursday and pushed him to audit the results.
Democrats and election officials said that Republicans had demonstrated no evidence of widespread fraud in the state and that there was no need for an audit. Critics say that the decision to start an audit indicates that Texas officials have bowed to pressure from the former president."Donald Trump ordered Gov. Abbott to audit the 2020 Texas election and, like clockwork, TX just initiated an audit of Harris County voters," Harris County's Judge Lina Hidalgo wrote on Twitter."Democracy isn't a game. These fake audits are an affront to all voters, & pure pandering to the kinds of extremists that stormed our Capitol.
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