Former Australian ambassador to the U.S. Joe Hockey is savaged for claiming fraud is ‘for sure’ a factor in presidential election results
- Joe Hockey has been blasted by Australians for claiming electoral fraud is at play
- He said he doubts any rigged votes would change the outcome of the election
- Nine News reporter Brett McLeod said Mr Hockey’s claims were unsubstantiated
Former ambassador of Australia to the US, Joe Hockey, has been blasted for sensationally claiming electoral fraud is ‘for sure’ a factor in the presidential election results.
Mr Hockey’s comments come as President Donald Trump prepares to seek a Supreme Court injunction to stop the count, alleging a ‘fraud on the American public’.
But the former Australian treasurer told 2GB’s Ben Fordham that he doubts any allegedly rigged votes would change the outcome of the election.
‘In the US, you have every state, and every county and every city. And if there is a strong bias, one way or the other, they do everything they can to suppress the vote, or increase the vote. It’s a mess,’ he said.
Joe Hockey has claimed electoral fraud is ‘for sure’ a factor in the United States election results. Pictured with wife Melissa Babbage
Mr Hockey’s comments come as President Donald Trump prepares to seek a Supreme Court injunction to stop the count, alleging a ‘fraud on the American public’
‘In Washington DC, they sent out ballot papers to every household and some people got two ballot papers … and of course, last night, in Washington DC, 93 per cent of the city voted for Joe Biden. 93 per cent!
‘Even my best booth … when the Kidmans were handing out for the Labor Party, even my best booth, I got 83 per cent. 93 per cent in the city. I find it hard to believe. So you know, there is a lot of areas where it is very messy.’
Mr Hockey’s remarks were met with backlash, with people reminding him that the Democrats had secured similar results in other elections.
‘How much do you wanna bet that Hockey, despite having lived there for years, doesn’t realise that the District of Columbia is actually a small inner-urban core, not the whole metro area?,’ one social media user wrote.
Mr Hockey’s remarks were met with backlash, with people reminding the retired politician that the Democrats had secured similar results in other elections
Nine News reporter Brett McLeod said Mr Hockey’s claims were unsubstantiated.
‘Joe Hockey claims a 93 per cent result for Biden in Washington DC is a sign of electoral fraud,’ he said.
‘Clinton got 91 per cent in 2016.’
Former Labor chief-of-staff Elliot Stein said: ‘Seriously. A former ambassador on the disinformation bandwagon. Just embarrassing.’
Mr Hockey also said that even if Trump loses the election, he won’t leave the White House quietly.
‘(Trump) hates losing, he doesn’t accept when he’s losing, and he usually reverts to litigation,’ he said.
‘There’s plenty of good reason to have litigation, I mean it is a complete dog’s breakfast right across the country.’
Trump has expressed the view he has won the election.
Trump has expressed the view he has won the presidential election