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Trump claims US presidential debate was 'rigged' against him

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to reporters after debating US Vice President Kamala Harris at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on September 10, 2024. © Kevin Dietsch, AFP

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that his televised debate with Democratic rival Kamala Harris and carried by American outlet ABC had been "rigged". He also criticised Taylor Swift, one of the music industry's biggest stars, for endorsing Harris after the debate. 

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed -- without providing evidence -- that the debate between him and rival Kamala Harris was "rigged."

"It was a rigged deal, as I assumed it would be, because when you looked at the fact that they were correcting everything and not correcting with her," he said on right-wing news channel Fox News.

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He also panned pop megastar Taylor Swift for endorsing Harris shortly after the debate, saying: "I was not a Taylor Swift fan... she's a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat, and she'll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace."

(AFP) 

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