As the sun rises on America the day after Election Day, poll workers in several states are still counting ballots. Still President Trump – never mind the Constitution – stood behind a podium at the White House at 2:30 a.m.
EST to declare victory and pronounce the legal tallying of ballots a “fraud.” Several networks, including ABC, CBS and NBC, gave the president the hook with anchors pointing out the obvious untruths in the speech. (On CBS News, John Dickerson intoned: “The president is a steward of the American electoral system, and he is trying to undermine it.”) It is a scenario that has long been predicted; the president has preemptively sown doubt in the electoral process for months as he has barnstormed the country in series of.
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