Trump Claims 'If You Count the Legal Votes, I Easily Win'

President Donald Trump made a series unfounded allegations during a briefing at the White House Thursday evening, claiming election fraud and illegal ballots were keeping him from winning another term.

KEY QUOTES

“There’s been a lot of shenanigans and we can’t stand for that in our country."

• Trump: "We can't have an election stolen like this."
• Trump alleges voter fraud, says votes were "whittled away, miraculously in secret."
• "If you count the legal votes I easily win," Trump said, providing no evidence for his claim. "If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us."
• Trump said he was advocating for a halt in counting of "votes that came in late."

"I’ve already decisively won many critical states, including massive victories."

• "This was also the year of the Republican woman, more Republican women were elected to Congress than ever before."
• Trump says he won the largest GOP share of the non-white vote, and that Democrats "are the party of the big donor."

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