As his standing in the polls slides, Trump ramps up false attacks on election integrity [Video]

As he peers out at a new political reality, with Vice President Kamala Harris having reversed Democrats’ slide in the race for the White House, former President Donald Trump is rolling out pre-emptive excuses for a possible second defeat. Most are demonstrably false.

Trump has said in recent days that President Joe Biden’s exit from the race, prompted by Democratic concerns that he would lose, is unconstitutional. It is not. The Constitution is silent on party nominations.

He and his allies have accused Harris of generating fake pictures of crowds through the use of artificial intelligence as a means of boosting perceptions of her electoral strength. Her audiences are real.

On Thursday, Trump claimed in a Truth Social post that Judge Juan Merchan — who is due to sentence him next month for felony convictions in New York — is using a partial gag order to prevent him from talking to reporters in the midst of a campaign. The narrow order allows …