Trump blames ‘surprise’ ballot dumps & says his lead 'magically disappearing' as he trails Biden in key states
As Americans await final results to a knife-edge presidential election, President Donald Trump has suggested fraud could be at play in states where he claims to have been leading only to have Joe Biden close the gap.
“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday.
“Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted,” he continued, adding that “pollsters” got this election “completely & historically wrong.”
Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE, and the “pollsters” got it completely & historically wrong!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
The message was flagged and labeled possibly "misleading" by Twitter.
The president did not specify what specific states he was referring to, but important swing states like Wisconsin and Michigan remain at play, with Biden ahead in both, according to reporting from The Associated Press. All three states have governors from the Democrat Party.
Trump followed up his tweet with another questioning “mail-in ballot dumps.”
“How come every time they count Mail-In ballot dumps they are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?” he tweeted.
How come every time they count Mail-In ballot dumps they are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
The president has been critical of mail-in voting and has blasted states like Pennsylvania for accepting ballots sent by mail days after polls close. Those ballots, however, are still required to be sent out by a certain date and cannot be filled out past polls closing.
Several of the states still up for grabs - like Nevada and Georgia - stopped counting on Tuesday evening and resumed the following morning due to thousands of absentee ballots waiting.
https://www.rt.com/usa/505591-trump-ballots-battleground-states/