‘Are you going to ask a Democrat that question?’ Trump adviser explodes at ITV reporter over question about ex-president accepting the result

A senior Trump adviser exploded at an ITV reporter for asking whether the Republican Party would accept the outcome of the vote while the count was still underway.

US correspondent Dan Rivers had secured an interview with Tim Murtaugh, head of communications for Donald Trump’s press operation, at the Florida count.

Everything seemed to be going fine until Murtaugh was asked if Trump “would accept the outcome if it were declared against him?”

To which Murtaugh responded angrily, “Wait a minute. After an hour and a half you will ask me whether we will accept this result. Do you ask this question to Democrats?

As he proceeded to yell at Mr. Rivers several times, “When was the last time you asked a Democrat that question?

And he added: ‘You brought me here to ask about the results and what’s coming in, and now you’re asking these ridiculous questions.

“I stood here and waited for you for twenty minutes. And this is the question you’re going to ask me.’

Donald Trump has won the critical swing state of North Carolina and its sixteen electoral votes at a crucial moment in the election

Later in the interview he claimed: ‘In a free and fair way election we will absolutely accept the results.”

A similar statement to what Trump had said a few weeks ago, claiming he would accept the outcome as long as it was “fair.”

Earlier tonight, however, the former president took to social media to express his concerns about Democrats’ deception in Philadelphia and Detroit while voters were still heading to the polls.

“There is a lot of talk about massive deception in Philadelphia,” Trump wrote on social media. “Law enforcement is coming!!!”

The Republican candidate did not immediately cite evidence to support his claim, drawing a sharp rebuke from Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein, a Republican.

“This accusation is absolutely false,” he wrote on social media. ‘It’s another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia was safe.”

Bluestein added that he was in “regular contact” with the Republican National Committee and “responded to any reports of election irregularities.”

Trump made his claim again, citing problems in Detroit, Michigan.

‘Philadelphia and Detroit! There is heavy law enforcement!!!” he wrote.

Trump’s concerns about Philadelphia may stem from reports of a higher-than-expected turnout for Harris.

Kamala Harris responds while on the phone at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington

Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, speaks to reporters after voting at the Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida

This comes as Donald Trump consolidates his lead and winsThe critical swing state of North Carolina and the sixteen Electoral College votes at a crucial moment in the election.

The Tar Heel State was a key target for both campaigns and was the scene of frenzied campaigning, with Trump stopping there in the final three days of the race.

In a major boost for Republicans, it was the first of the seven swing states that will ultimately determine the winner.

Harris’ campaign chairman Jen O’Malley Dillon told staff in a memo that, after losing North Carolina, the “blue wall” northern industrial states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were now the Democrat’s “clearest path” to victory.

She suggested the race “wouldn’t come into focus until the early hours of the morning.”

A Democratic presidential candidate has not won in North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008. Trump has now won in three consecutive elections.