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04 Nov 2020, 4:25 am

Trump falsely claims he has won election, even though ballots are still being counted

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President Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won the presidential election early Wednesday morning and threatened to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the counting of legally cast absentee ballots he described as a "fraud."

Trump pointed to his early lead in the pivotal battleground of Pennsylvania and said it would be "almost impossible" for Democratic nominee Joe Biden to catch up there and in other states. In fact, there were enough votes outstanding in those states to swing the total back to Biden's favor.

Speaking in the White House East Room, Trump said he would be "going to the US Supreme Court" and that "we want all voting to stop."

Trump touted his wins in Florida and Texas during the early morning remarks and claimed without evidence that a “very sad group of people” was trying to disenfranchise his supporters. Conversely, he complained that one network – Fox News – had called the race for Biden in Arizona despite outstanding votes in that state.

Trump was criticized by Chris Christie and Rick Santorum who said he was “distressed” over the remarks.

Worst case scenario/Murphy’s law but also our fault as a country also.The election just had to be a cliff hanger. Team Biden Votes by more by mail, Team Trump more in person guaranteeing Trump takes big leads and have them whittled down when the absentee ballots start getting counted giving the appearance of massive fraud to a group of people more then ready to believe we was robbed. If Trump wins Trump’s remarks will further convince progressives we was robbed.

While I did not expect conclusive results at this point due to absentee ballots I felt and hoped by this time we would have a good indication. Wishful thinking.


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04 Nov 2020, 4:27 am

So far up his own a**.



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04 Nov 2020, 4:56 am

I understand, he's doing better than in the polls but...
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04 Nov 2020, 5:03 am

Of the 6 states still up for grabs:

Trump is leading in MI, PA, NC and GA for a total of 67 electoral votes

Biden is leading in NV and WI for a total of 16 electoral votes.

So right now it looks like it could be Trump 280 vs Biden 254.

https://www.google.com/search?q=us+elec ... e&ie=UTF-8



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04 Nov 2020, 5:08 am

Wishing for the best president for America and the world (I honestly don't know which) Hoping that the streets of USA will be calm and no violence will develop whatever the result is. Hate and anger will never contribute to the unity of a nation, only tolerance and collaborative dialogue with the best interest of the people as a priority. it is how fairly the weakest and most vulnerable are treated in a society that determines good leadership in my opinion.


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04 Nov 2020, 5:12 am

^^ BBC US reporter tells a different story:

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A national race is boiling down to just a handful of states: Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54807899
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Arizona appears to be trending toward Biden, which means the Democrat would have to win two of the three so-called 2016 "blue wall" states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - to secure victory.

Biden trails in all three, but the remaining votes to be counted will favour the Democrat - perhaps by enough to pull him ahead.

There are more than 1.4 million vote-by-mail ballots left to count in Pennsylvania, and it could take days to tabulate them all. The big cities in Michigan (Detroit) and Wisconsin (Milwaukee) are also yet to fully report, and they will heavily tilt toward the Democrats.

Meanwhile, Georgia is a wildcard. What seemed heading towards a comfortable Trump win earlier on Tuesday has ended up in a dead heat. Results from Biden-friendly Atlanta was, improbably enough, delayed by a broken water pipe in a vote-counting location.

A Democratic win in Georgia would mean Biden only has to carry one of those Midwest states.

As the remaining votes to be counted come from big cities, it's likely they would change the outcome.

Time will tell.

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04 Nov 2020, 5:17 am

It's certainly entertaining for those of us not directly involved, though the seriousness of the outcome is omnipresent.


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04 Nov 2020, 5:19 am

^^ The AP map continually refreshes and is current. AZ was already won by Biden.



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04 Nov 2020, 5:20 am

President of USA... Maybe. Let them finish counting first! But president of the world? I wasn't allowed to vote so no. That is press hype. There is no world president no matter how much one may assumes there to be.


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04 Nov 2020, 5:27 am

Mountain Goat wrote:
President of USA... Maybe. Let them finish counting first! But president of the world? I wasn't allowed to vote so no. That is press hype. There is no world president no matter how much one may assumes there to be.
Imagining elections for the President of the World... The main battleground would be between India and China... but the decisive votes come from Nigeria.
That would be interesting but I think the world is not yet ready for it.


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04 Nov 2020, 5:32 am

This is why the world needs a global emperor.



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04 Nov 2020, 5:39 am

Mountain Goat wrote:
President of USA... Maybe. Let them finish counting first! But president of the world? I wasn't allowed to vote so no. That is press hype. There is no world president no matter how much one may assumes there to be.


MG hi sweety. My meaning was just that the American President has enormous impact and influence on global matters, not that he will really be president of the world. My sentence was misleading, sorry love.


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04 Nov 2020, 5:40 am

Tempus Fugit wrote:
This is why the would needs a global emperor.

Apparently, you like revolutions.


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04 Nov 2020, 5:43 am

Time to carry out order 66 :twisted:



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04 Nov 2020, 5:44 am

Tempus Fugit wrote:
Time to carry out order 66 :twisted:

Before knowing the election results?


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04 Nov 2020, 5:44 am

Tempus Fugit wrote:
This is why the world needs a global emperor.

No the world needs a fair intergalactic emperor. I nominate myself.


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