Trump Calls for Halt to Vote Count, Claims Victory Over Biden – By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder (US News) / Nov 4 2020
The president said he would challenge the election results in the Supreme Court.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP early Wednesday addressed supporters at a White House gathering, asserting election fraud on the part of Democrats and boasting of an inevitable victory, all the while appearing intent on girding his base for fights that he threatened to take to the Supreme Court.
“This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country,” Trump said from the East Room of the White House, emerging to the strains of “Hail to the Chief” before speaking at a podium positioned in front of a Trump-Pence campaign banner. “We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.”
By early Wednesday, neither Trump nor Joe Biden had reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win. Yet Trump touted his victories in Florida, Texas and Ohio and predicted future wins in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
“They can’t catch us,” Trump said.
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