PHILADELPHIA, Sept 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump refused to recognize his defeat in the 2020 election as he debated Democratic rival Kamala Harris on Tuesday and the topic turned to his false voter fraud claims.

Trump claimed he was being sarcastic when he appeared to concede defeat recently, adding: "Look, there's so much proof. All you have to do is look at it... I got almost 75 million votes, the most votes any sitting president has ever gotten. I was told if I got 63, which was what I got in 2016, you can't be beaten the election."