Republicans plead for faith in due process after Donald Trump’s fraud claim

"The president’s speech last night was very disturbing to me because he made very, very serious allegations without any evidence to support it"

People rally outside CityHall in Phoenix, Arizona (Matt York/AP)

A key Republican senator said he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president’s words “very disturbing”.

Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, said “there’s simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud” to supported Mr Trump’s claim Thursday of fraud in balloting.