President Donald Trump is lashing out at the Supreme Court for letting some states count mail-in ballots that are received after the general election.
During a rally on Monday, Trump turned his attention to the Supreme Court’s decision to let Pennslyvania count absentee ballots received three days after Nov. 3, “What a ruling. What a horrible thing that they’ve done. You know that puts our country in danger?”
“Do you know what can happen during that long period of time? … That long period of time. Do you know what can happen? Number one, cheating can happen like you’ve never seen. This is [the Democrats’] dream,” he continued.
He went on to allege that the Philadelphia area is known for election fraud and said, “Get your ballots in and have them in long before the third. And have them counted before the third. And have an election where we can say to the world we know who won and we know who lost.”
Finally, he said, “I’m just so tired of some of these horrible, political decisions that are being made. It’s a shame. It’s a shame. And I won’t get into it too much. But, I’m going to start getting into it, because they’re hurting our country very badly.”
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“What a horrible thing that they’ve done … I’m going to start getting into it, because they’re hurting our country very badly” — Trump on SCOTUS ruling that some ballots can be tallied after election day pic.twitter.com/8hAYRELCBU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 2, 2020
The Supreme Court rejected requests by Republicans to block state officials from counting mail-in ballots that arrive up to three days after election day.
Last week, Trump suggested that a Supreme Court ruling would tilt the election in Biden’s favor, “If Sleepy Joe Biden is actually elected President, the 4 Justices (plus1) that helped make such a ridiculous win possible would be relegated to sitting on not only a heavily PACKED COURT, but probably a REVOLVING COURT as well. At least the many new Justices will be Radical Left!”
If Sleepy Joe Biden is actually elected President, the 4 Justices (plus1) that helped make such a ridiculous win possible would be relegated to sitting on not only a heavily PACKED COURT, but probably a REVOLVING COURT as well. At least the many new Justices will be Radical Left!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2020
Trump has repeatedly claimed that a surge in mail-in ballots will be ripe for fraud that could alter the results of the election — despite a lack of evidence to support that.
He has also insisted that the results should be known on election night and that “as soon as that election’s over, we’re going in with our lawyers.”