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President Donald ***** prematurely claimed victory in the 2020 election early Wednesday morning, telling a live TV audience that he’d already won — while also threatening to take legal action against votes that have yet to be counted, even though many states are continuing to process legitimate mail-in ballots.
“Frankly, we did win this election,” ***** said, while also suggesting he would take legal action to keep further ballots from being counted.
Initially, ***** stopped short of declaring a win, instead focusing on individual states where he’s done well. Even there, however, he appears to have lied about some of the details — prompting NBC News to cut him off and fact-check him in real time:
NBC News cuts off *****. Savannah…