Former President Donald Trump highlighted the election in New York City on Wednesday as another example of faulty American elections, calling for additional security reforms.
“Check out the New York election today, by the way, they just realized it’s a disaster,” Trump said. “They’re unable to count the votes.”
Trump spoke about the elections during a visit to the Southern border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and members of law enforcement.
He pointed to the New York Board of Elections admitting they mistakenly included 135,000 “test” ballots in the final tally.
Trump described the test ballots in New York as “make-believe” votes and questioned the integrity of elections across the country.
“We better get our elections straightened out because you’re going to have a runaway country. You’re going to have a banana republic; you’re going to have a third world country here pretty soon,” he said. “Because our elections are a mess.”
Trump said that secure elections and strong borders are essential to the future of the United States.