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WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said early Wednesday (November 4) that he expected a “great victory” and accused Democrats of trying to steal the election after rival Joe Biden also predicted the victory.
“We are in a BIG time, but they are trying to STEAL the election,” Trump wrote on Twitter moments after Biden told supporters that he hoped to win.
“We will never allow them to. No votes can be cast after the polls close,” said Trump, who promised to speak later.
Twitter, which has vowed to act against false information, was quick to flag and conceal Trump’s tweet, saying that “some or all of the content shared in this tweet is in dispute and could be misleading about an election or other civic process.”
In his tweet, Trump said nothing to support his theft charge.
Trump has long accused, without proof, that mail-in ballots are a form of election cheating.
Mail-in ballots, sent due to health concerns during the Covid-19 health crisis, are expected to favor Biden and in some states they were later counted.
Trump appeared to be responding to Biden, who moments earlier told his supporters to be patient.
“We think we are on our way to winning this election,” Biden said with honks of approval in his home state of Delaware.
“It doesn’t end until all the votes are counted,” he said.
“It is not my place or Donald Trump’s to say who won this election.”
Biden said he was confident of winning Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all states controlled by Trump in 2016.
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