Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona

5 November 2020, 7:28 am

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Dozens of angry supporters of US President Donald Trump converge on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix after the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states.

“Stop the count!” the Trump supporters chant in Detroit as they fill much of the parking lot at the Maricopa County election center, where sheriff’s deputies are guarding both the outside of the building and the counting inside.

People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding, November 4, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

In Phoenix, wearing Trump gear, members of the crowd chant, “Fox News sucks,” in anger over the network declaring Joe Biden the winner in Arizona.

Rep. Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican and staunch Trump supporter, joins the crowd, declaring: “We’re not going to let this election be stolen. Period.”

— AP