President Trump said he’s the winner of two swing states that major media networks declared President-elect Joe Biden won in the election.
Trump said he “easily won” the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania, citing election fraud as the reason Biden was projected to be the winner of both states.
“Nobody wants to report that Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our Poll Watchers and/or Vote Observers to Watch or Observe. This is responsible for hundreds of thousands of votes that should not be allowed to count,” Trump tweeted. “Therefore, I easily win both states. Report the News!”
Twitter promptly marked the president’s claim in his tweet as “disputed,” linking users to fact-check articles that state there is “no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 US election.”
Nobody wants to report that Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our Poll Watchers and/or Vote Observers to Watch or Observe. This is responsible for hundreds of thousands of votes that should not be allowed to count. Therefore, I easily win both states. Report the News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2020
A range of media outlets declared Biden to be the winner of Pennsylvania on Saturday and, by extension, the winner of the 2020 election. With over 99% of the ballots counted, Biden’s total vote count grew on Wednesday to 3,381,608, compared to Trump’s 3,331,125, giving him a 50,483 vote lead, according to the Associated Press. As of Wednesday night, Biden also has over a 146,000-vote lead ahead of Trump in Michigan, with over 99% of ballots counted.
Trump has not yet conceded the race as he waits for legal challenges and recounts in battleground states to play out.
The president’s legal team filed a raft of lawsuits to challenge the results of the election in several swing states, citing fraud and other alleged problems. The president’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said he has evidence that might change the results of the race in Pennsylvania. The Trump campaign is also asking for a recount in Wisconsin, which was narrowly called for Biden.
Two states, Georgia and North Carolina, have not yet been called by major media outlets. Though Biden holds an approximate 14,000-vote lead in the Peach State, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a news conference on Wednesday that there would be a “full, by-hand recount.”
