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Election 2020 – Trump makes wild claim Dems are trying to ‘STEAL election’ for Biden and says ‘we won’t let them’
DONALD Trump has wildly claimed that Democrats are trying to "steal the election" for Joe Biden.
The president early on Wednesday: "We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it."
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"Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!" he wrote in the post, which has since been flagged as misleading by Twitter.
Trump said in another tweet: "I will be making a statement tonight. A big WIN!"
This speech may be a sign of confidence after the president's projected win in on Tuesday night – but that could be a premature assessment, given the mail-in ballots, and result hold ups.
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The president plans to speak to the American people directly on Night, according to his campaign staff.
According to , two Trump aides described the mood as "Good. But nervous," and, "Calmly confident."
The news comes after initially said he was not thinking about any speeches Tuesday night during a campaign stop.
“No, I’m not thinking about a concession speech or acceptance speech yet," he told reporters.
"Hopefully we’ll only be doing one of those two. And you know, winning is easy, losing is never easy, not for me it’s not.”
It comes as:
- Trump camp
- Biden’s team "not worried" about losing Sunshine State
- Democrat leading in race for battleground state of Ohio
- Texas on knife edge where Biden could turn Texas blue
- Robocall-tracker say 300m Americans told to 'stay home'
But his top aide Kellyanne Conway told ABC News that the president is planning on giving a speech tonight, however.
"You will hear from the president tonight," Conway told 's George Stephanopoulos.
"The President is expected to address the nation later from the East Room of the White House."
She pointed out that in 2016, Trump gave his speech at 3am but no time has been confirmed for tonight yet.
Meanwhile, his Democratic rival Biden said he too would talk if there was reason to do so on Election Night.
“If there’s something to talk about tonight, I’ll talk about it,” he said, reported the .
“If not, I’ll wait until the votes have been counted the next day.
“Presidents don’t decide what votes are counted and not counted; voters determine who’s president.”
Neither Trump or Biden have won the battleground states of or as of 9.43 pm EST.
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But at around 8.20 pm, "Team Trump" declared a victory in the Sunshine State on Twitter.
The President's election team has since declared victory in the "Sunshine State," which has a huge 29 electoral votes.
In response to the bombshell data, a Biden campaign source said they're "not worried" because "our path doesn’t include Florida. Ohio and NC I’m hearing good things."
Florida is a key indicator as to who will win the overall race as the state has only backed the losing candidate in the election twice since 1928.
Meanwhile, Texas is on a knife edge – but Biden could turn the state blue for first time since 1976.
The Associated Press has declared that Trump won the states of , , , , , , , , and .
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Trump's campaign also declared victory in ,, and on Twitter.
The AP has called , , , , , , , , and for Biden, however.
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But Biden is making significant gains in what has proved to be an nail-biting battle tonight.
In the crucial state of , he was leading Trump with 79 percent of votes returned.
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