Madura’s refusal to accept defeat in Venezuela’s election illustrates what Trump might try to do if he lost another election, as Maduro did. Axios reported:
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro was announced as the winner in Sunday’s election, despite independent exit polls showing opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had won more votes.
The opposition and NGOs had warned that the government of Maduro, whom voters have soured on after years of economic and democratic collapse, had severely interfered with elections as he sought a third term.
Polls consistently showed González Urrutia with a wide lead in the election.
The political instability in the country, coupled with deteriorating economic and safety conditions, has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee to the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the electoral commission CNE and a close Maduro ally, claimed after midnight that the president had netted 51% of the vote.
The CNE says González got 44% of votes.
The opposition repeatedly said its electoral observers where unable to verify the count in some voting sites.
Independent exit polls indicated that González Urrutia had won “twice as many votes” as Maduro, per the Washington Post.