Ambassador’s ‘embarrassing’ fraud claim

But the shocking claim has sparked a backlash online, with critics arguing the allegation – that President Donald Trump touted last night – simply doesn’t stack up and the former Treasurer should correct the record.

Mr Hockey told 2GB’s Ben Fordham today that electoral fraud had definitely occurred, citing one result as suspect.

“Oh, for sure,” he said.

“The question is whether it’s enough to change the election outcome and I doubt it is.

“In the US, you have every state, and every county and every city. And if there is a strong bias, one way or the other, they do everything they can to suppress the vote, or increase the vote. It’s a mess.

“In Washington DC, they sent out ballot papers to every household and some people got two ballot papers … and of course, last night, in Washington DC, 93 per cent of the city voted for Joe Biden. 93 per cent!

“Even my best booth … when the Kidman’s were handing out for the Labor Party, even my best booth, I got 83 per cent. 93 per cent in the city. I find it hard to believe. So you know, there is a lot of areas where it is very messy.”

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But critics were quick to mock the comments, pointing out the Democrats had secured similar results in successive elections.

“How much do you wanna bet that Hockey, despite having lived there for years, doesn’t realise that the District of Columbia is actually a small inner-urban core, not the whole metro area?,” Ben Raue wrote.

Nine News reporter Brett McLeod suggested the claims simply didn’t stack up.

“Joe Hockey claims a 93 per cent result for Biden in Washington DC is a sign of electoral fraud,” he said.

“Clinton got 91 per cent in 2016.”

Former Labour chief-of-staff Elliot Stein said, “Seriously. A former ambassador on the disinformation bandwagon. Just embarrassing.”

Earlier, Mr Hockey said that even if Mr Trump lost the election it won’t be the last the world sees of him.

“(Trump) hates losing, he doesn’t accept when he’s losing, and he usually reverts to litigation,” he said.

“There’s plenty of good reason to have litigation, I mean it is a complete dog’s breakfast right across the country.”

Overnight, Malcolm Turnbull criticised Mr Trump’s threat to stop the ballots urging America to “count every vote”.

He also shared a story that described Mr Trump’s extraordinary threat to stop the votes as a dark and disturbing moment in American history.

“Count every vote,” Mr Turnbull said.

Liberal MP Dave Sharma said President Trump must respect the views of voters.

“Above all else, being a democratic leader means respecting the verdict of the voters, the sanctity of the process, and facilitating a peaceful transfer of power when needed,” he said.

“Patience and humility are both necessary virtues.”

Labor leader Anthony Albanese said it was incumbent on leaders to stand up and speak out and criticised Mr Hockey’s remarks as ill informed.