President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and sought Supreme Court intervention to stop vote-counting, even as his Democratic rival Joe Biden voiced confidence in his own chances. This has caused chaos in the US election at early hours of Wednesday.
Trump, held an upbeat rally inside the White House’s ceremonial East Room. He told cheering supporters, few of which were wearing masks to protect from Covid-19, “We did win this election, this is a fraud on the American public. I would go to the Supreme Court because we want all voting to stop.” But voting had already ended by the time Trump took the podium after 2 am (0700 GMT), he appeared to be calling for the court to stop counting, as he has railed for months against mail-in ballots, charging without evidence that they could be fraudulent, as some 100 million Americans voted ahead of Election Day amid the health crisis. Meanwhile, the Biden campaign soon hit back, calling the president’s bid to stop vote counting “outrageous” and “unprecedented,” and saying its legal teams were ready to fight him in the courts if need be.
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