As votes were still being counted across the US early on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump falsely claimed the election was being stolen.
„We …
As votes were still being counted across the US early on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump falsely claimed the election was being stolen. „We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!“ Trump said in a tweet that was flagged by Twitter for its misleading nature. In a subsequent tweet, which was also flagged as misleading, Trump suggested his early leads in key battleground states were „magically“ disappearing as „surprise ballot dumps were counted.“ None of that is true and there’s no great mystery as to why it’s taken longer for vote tallies in an array of states this year. There were no „surprise“ ballot dumps. Votes are not being stolen — they’re just still being counted. There is no evidence of a conspiracy to invalidate Republican ballots or disenfranchise Trump supporters. The 2020 election was always going to be slower to report results in comparison to past presidential contests due to the unprecedented number of mail-in ballots, which take more time to process and count than those cast in-person. If Trump is wondering why a higher proportion of mail-in ballots appear to be shifting contests in the favor of Democrats as officials count them, perhaps he should consider the fact he spent a huge portion of 2020 baselessly claiming voting by mail would lead to widespread fraud.
