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Trump used Election Night to claim the race was effectively over while ballots were still being counted, including millions of mail votes in key states. The stunt was legally baseless, politically incendiary, and immediately set off warnings from election officials and lawmakers that he was trying to delegitimize the count before it was complete.
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Trump used Election Night to claim the race was effectively over while ballots were still being counted, including millions of mail votes in key states. The stunt was legally baseless, politically incendiary, and immediately set off warnings from election officials and lawmakers that he was trying to delegitimize the count before it was complete.
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Trump used Election Night to claim the race was effectively over while ballots were still being counted, including millions of mail votes in key states. The stunt was legally baseless, politically incendiary, and immediately set off warnings from election officials and lawmakers that he was trying to delegitimize the count before it was complete.
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