The President of the United States of America , Donald John Trump in moments ago addressed his teaming supporters and declared himself victorious despite the fact that counting is still ongoing in many states.
President Trump didn’t just declare himself a winner but also slammed the integrity of the elections and threatened to head to the Supreme Court to stop the electoral commission from going ahead to count the rest of the votes.
President Trump US spoke from the East Room to a crowd of 400 mostly maskless supporters, there at his invitation.
Despite a number of crucial state results yet to be called, the president said that the ongoing counting was part of a ‘fraud’.
“This is an embarrassment to our country,” Trump said.
“We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.
“So our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation, this is a very big moment, this is a major fraud on our nation.
“We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the US Supreme Court.”
“We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list, OK?”
Trump before his address from the Whitehouse had earlier tweeted casting doubt about the integrity of the electoral process. His tweet has so far been taken off by Twitter, it was deemed to contain misleading statement which violates electoral and other civic processes.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has won New Jersey and New York in a tight race to the White House with President Donald Trump also registering early wins in key states.
Biden got 2.2 million votes in New York while Trump got 1.2 million.
Joe Biden has taken a lead over Donald Trump in the closely-fought US presidential election, though the incumbent president is fast catching up, according to projections by leading American media outlets.
As per Fox News, Biden has 237 of the 538 electoral college seats, while Trump has 210. On the other hand, CNN has projected 215 electoral college votes to Biden and 171 to Trump.
The New York Times reported that Biden has earned 213 electoral college votes and Trump 174. The winner needs at least 270 electoral college votes
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