President Trump has told confidants he’ll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he’s “ahead,” according to three sources familiar with his private comments.
That’s even if the Electoral College outcome still hinges on large numbers of uncounted votes in key states like Pennsylvania.
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Why it matters: Trump’s team is preparing to falsely claim that mail-in ballots counted after Nov. 3 — a legitimate count expected to favor Democrats — are evidence of election fraud.
ALSO!
Here is Trump advisor, Jason Miller, on ABC News this morning claiming that Trump will win election night and democrats will try to “”steal”” the elections by counting the mail-in votes. (Many states can’t even begin counting these ballots before Nov. 3rd + absentee military ballots won’t be available yet.)
Note that the news anchor, George Stephanopoulos, DID NOT push back on the false claim that counting mail-in ballots is “stealing.” We have absolutely NEVER counted all the ballots on election night, and it’s irresponsible for news networks not to push back on Trump and his cronies claims.
If anyone remembers 2000…