President Donald Trump has falsely claimed victory in the ongoing US Presidential election and alleged vote counting was “major fraud.”
Speaking at the White House at about 2:30am (EST) on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, the President Trump said: “We’ll be going to the US Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.
“We don’t want them to find any ballots at four o’clock in the morning and add them to the list.”
Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that postal ballots – used in vast numbers in this election due to the Covid-19 pandemic – are vulnerable to fraud.
Speaking to an election night party in the East Room of the White House, Trump said: “Millions and millions of people voted for us tonight and a very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise those people and we won’t stand for that.
“We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything and all of a sudden it was all called off.
“We were ready to get outside and celebrate our incredible success.”
He listed a string of states, including Georgia and North Carolina, where votes are still being counted – and falsely claimed he had already won them.
“You know what happened? They knew they couldn’t win and they said let’s go to court,” he said.
“This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election, frankly we did win this election.
“So our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good fo this nation. This is a fraud on this nation.”
He added: “We will win this and as far as I’m concerned we already have won it.”
No winner has been declared in the elections.
As at press time, Biden has 220 electoral votes while Trump has 213. 270 is needed for a candidate to win the election.
Biden is leading with popular votes.
