Former President Donald Trump may be able to put the recent midterm elections aside on Saturday as he walks his youngest daughter down the aisle at his Florida residence.
Tiffany Trump will marry businessman Michael Boulos at her father's Mar-a-Lago resort in the Sunshine State, just days after midterm elections where high-profile Trump-endorsed candidates such as Dr. Mehmet Oz performed poorly.
The 29-year-old Tiffany was photographed at her wedding rehearsal at Mar-a-Lago on Friday as the former president practiced walking his daughter down the aisle to her awaiting fiancé.
Trump shared his thoughts on the wedding on his Truth Social platform overnight, writing: "My wonderful daughter Tiffany will be getting Married today at Mar-a-Lago. She and Michael are a beautiful couple who will be very happy together. A big thank you and congratulations to Tiffany's mother, Marla, on the bringing up of a really great daughter!"
That post followed a slew of others where the former president called into question elections in Arizona and Nevada and alleged, without providing evidence, that the U.S. Senate elections in those states had suffered from fraud.
He also questioned the vote-counting in Arizona's gubernatorial election where Republican candidate Kari Lake is behind Democrat Katie Hobbs. Trump endorsed Lake, and she has echoed his unfounded claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
"Idiot, and possibly corrupt, officials have lost control of the tainted Election in Arizona. MACHINES BROKEN IN REPUBLICAN AREAS. A NEW ELECTION MUST BE CALLED FOR IMMEDIATELY!" Trump wrote.
As of Saturday morning, Hobbs had 50.7 percent of the vote to Lake's 49.3 percent, with 83 percent of votes counted.
The former president also said that the Arizona Senate election suffered from fraud, saying: "They stole the Electron [sic] from Blake Masters. Do Election over again!"
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly has won the Arizona Senate race, defeating Masters and bringing the Democrats one step closer to retaining control of the chamber. The Nevada Senate race between Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt has not been called and remains extremely close.
Newsweek has asked former President Trump's office for comment.
Republicans performed worse than expected in Tuesday's midterms, and it is not yet clear which party will control the Senate or the House of Representatives, while some conservatives have placed the blame on Trump.
In Pennsylvania, Trump endorsed GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz and gubernatorial hopeful Doug Mastriano, both of whom were defeated. He had also backed Masters and Lake.
Tiffany Trump's wedding comes ahead of a planned major announcement by the former president on November 15. Trump is widely expected to confirm another White House bid for 2024, despite some allies urging him to delay until after the Senate runoff election in Georgia on December 6.
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