Updated: November 4, 2020 6:01:15 pm
President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House early Wednesday, Nov.4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
With the US presidential race heading towards a photographic end, US President Donald Trump accused Joe Biden’s campaign of election fraud and said he would move the US Supreme Court. “We want all voting to stop (reading counting),” he said, in a White House speech.
“We were going to win this election. Frankly, we won … Our goal is to ensure integrity for the good of the country. We want the law to be used appropriately. Then we will go to the Supreme Court of the United States, “said Trump, adding that the Biden campaign had committed” a fraud on the American public. “
Addressing the nation shortly after 2 am local time Wednesday, Trump said “the results have been phenomenal.” “I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support… A very sad group of people is trying to deprive us of our support. We will not bear it. The results were phenomenal. We were all ready to go out and celebrate. Such a success. The citizens of this country have come out in record numbers to support us. “
Video monitors in the James Brady Briefing Room show President Donald Trump speaking in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov.4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
Earlier today, Joe Biden said he wasn’t done until all the votes were counted and they believed they were on their way to winning the polls. Addressing a crowd in Delaware, Biden said: “We feel good about where we are. We are on our way to winning this election. It doesn’t end until every vote, every ballot is counted. We have confidence in Arizona, that’s a turnaround and it’s still up for grabs in Georgia. We’re going to win Pennsylvania, but the votes will take time to count. “
Former Vice President of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks to supporters Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware, alongside his wife Jill Biden. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)
Trump responded with a tweet saying that he was ahead and that the Democrats were trying to steal the election. Twitter placed a notice in the tweet saying it was misleading.
Trump won the key battlefield states of Florida, Ohio and Texas, dashing Biden’s hopes for a decisive early victory, but Biden said he was on track to win the White House by taking three key states from the Rust Belt. Biden, 77, was looking at the so-called “blue wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that sent Trump, 74, to the White House in 2016 looking for possible breakthroughs once those states are done counting. votes in the next few hours or days.
More than 100 million voters exercised their right in the historic election, which turns out to be the largest turnout in a century. According to the US Election Project, in at least six states – Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Washington state – turnout has been higher than we saw in the 2016 polls.
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