GOP Pennsylvania poll monitors conceded after initially being denied, RNC says

Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump tells “Fox & Friends” that GOP poll watchers are now being allowed into various facilities in Pennsylvania after initially being turned away.

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley first wrote on X that “Early this morning we learned that Republican polls in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming and Lackawanna counties were rejected.

Trump later said, “all of our pollsters, I’m happy to report, are on board.”

“As early as this morning from the RNC, we had to work a little bit with our lawyers because our pollsters — if you can believe it, and I’m sure people can — were blocked from entering the buildings in eight different counties , some of them around Philadelphia, some of them outside of Pittsburgh, where they prevented our pollsters, our Republican pollsters from going in,” she told “Fox & Friends.”

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Voters line up to cast their ballots at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Election Day. Scranton is a city in Lackawanna County where RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said pollsters were initially denied entry. (AP/Matt Rourke)

“So we had to act at a moment’s notice and that’s why we designed this election integrity operation that we did to identify problems and strike at a moment’s notice,” she continued.

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A man leaves a polling place Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Springfield, Pennsylvania. (AP/Matt Slocum)

“And all of our pollsters, as I’m happy to report, are in, but look, it’s a tight state, and it’s a must-win state, and I think, you know, we’ve seen so much emphasis placed on that state,” Trump said. . “We were there twice yesterday, we did two rallies with Donald Trump. Obviously Kamala Harris was there yesterday, but I got to tell you we felt a lot of love from people in Pennsylvania yesterday, so we are very optimistic.”

A woman takes a selfie with a cutout of Vice President Kamala Harris outside a polling place in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Election Day. (AP/Matt Rourke)

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Whatley also wrote on X that “We deployed our traveling lawyers, engaged with local officials, and can now report that all Republican pollsters have been let into the building.”