Trump Slams Election Process In Speech, Says 'If You Count The Legal Votes I Easily Win'
President Donald Trump addressed reporters Thursday from the White House briefing room, where he made several comments that cast doubt on the integrity of the presidential election.
"If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us," Trump said at 6:46 p.m. ET, while reading from notes. Trump spoke for roughly 16 minutes.
He added that he won important victories in states, "despite historic election interference from big media, big money and big tech."
Trump also suggested that the election could go to the courts and said that there were "horror stories and "shenanigans" with the election.
"We think we will win the election very easily ... and it could end up in the highest court in the land, we'll see," Trump said.
Trump touched on"tremendous litigation," alleging that mail-in ballots were the subject to "fraud."
After he spoke, Trump immediately walked out of the briefing room and did not take questions. As he left, one White House reporter asked if he was being a sore loser.
Trump currently trails in the electoral vote, 253-214, and by nearly 4 million votes in the popular vote.
Keep in mind Trump is reading his speech from a prepared text, which presumably means that a number of aides helped him compose this litany of lies and attacks on the integrity of America’s democracy.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) November 6, 2020
Immediately after Trump's speech, Jake Tapper goes off:
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 6, 2020
"What a sad night for the United States of America to hear their president say that, to falsely accuse people of trying to steal the election, to try to attack democracy that way with his feast of falsehoods." pic.twitter.com/F9HbFMG5WB
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