- Rebecca Corey
Moments after former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a statement urging his supporters to be patient while awaiting the results, President Trump announced on Twitter that he would be making a “statement” from the White House.
“We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election,” the president tweeted, without offering evidence to support his claim.
“We will never let them do it,” he added. “Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!”
Votes are still being counted in several key states, but they were cast before the polls closed — in some cases, many days earlier.
Twitter promptly flagged the tweet as “disputed” or “possibly misleading,” part of the social media network’s efforts to stop the spread of misinformation about the election.
- The race to 270A candidate needs to gain at least 270 electoral votes to win the White House — a majority of the 538 that are up for grabs. Here’s where the race to 270 currently stands:• Joe Biden: 236• Donald Trump: 213The following states have been called for Biden: Vt., Va., Conn., Del., Ill., Md., Mass., N.J., R.I., N.Y., N.M., D.C., Colo., N.H., Calif., Ore., Wash., Hawaii, Minn., Ariz.The following states have been called for Trump: Ky., W. Va., S.C., Ala., Miss., Tenn., Okla., Ark., Ind., N.D., S.D., Wyo., La., Neb., Kan., Mo., Idaho, Utah, Ohio, Iowa, Mont., Fla., Texas
- C14 minutes agoChristopher WilsonBiden wins Arizona, Kelly flips Senate seatDemocrats earned two big victories out west just before 3:00 a.m. ET, as Biden was projected by the Associated Press to win the state’s 11 electoral votes and astronaut Mark Kelly was projected to defeat Republican incumbent Sen. Martha McSally. It is the first time Arizona has voted Democrat in a presidential race since 1996.
- D14 minutes agoDylan StablefordWhy the race has not been calledThe Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral college votes needed to claim victory. At this stage in the race, according to AP counts, Trump has 213 electoral votes while Biden has 236. Trump would need 270 electoral votes to win. Several key states are too early to call, including Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan.
- D34 minutes agoDylan StablefordPresident Trump speaks to reporters in the East Room. (Getty Images)Trump falsely and prematurely declares victoryPresident Trump falsely and prematurely declared victory in the 2020 election, vowing to take his fight for reelection to the Supreme Court.”We’re getting ready to win this election,” Trump said in a speech from the East Room shortly after 2 a.m. “Frankly, we did win this election.”While millions of votes were still being counted in key battleground states, the president called the process “an embarrassment” and “a fraud of the American public.””We will win this and frankly, as far as I’m concerned, we already have,” he said.While Trump complained about ballots being counted after Election Day, it was Republican-controlled legislatures that delayed vote counts in major swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
- Republican Sen. Steve Daines win reelection in MontanaThe GOP incumbent was facing a stiff challenge from popular Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, but held onto his seat, severely imperiling the Democratic Party’s path to retaking the Senate.
- C1 hour agoChristopher WilsonPittsburgh pausing ballot count until morningVote tabulation is stopped until 10 a.m. in Allegheny County, expected to be one of the biggest sources of votes for Biden in a crucial battleground state.
Democratic Sen. Tina Smith wins reelection in Minnesota
Smith was appointed to seat in late 2017 after the resignation of Sen. Al Franken, then won a special election to fill the rest of his term the following year. Her win Tuesday night over former Rep. Jason Lewis earns her a full six-year term.
Democratic Sen. Tina Smith wins reelection in Minnesota
Smith was appointed to seat in late 2017 after the resignation of Sen. Al Franken, then won a special election to fill the rest of his term the following year. Her win Tuesday night over former Rep. Jason Lewis earns her a full six-year term.
