Analysis: 'Trump used his early lead in Pennsylvania as an opportunity to cry foul'
By Sally Lockwood, news correspondent, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
We could have known the result in Pennsylvania before now had postal votes been allowed to be counted before Election Day. Instead on the day ballots had to be calculated first under state electoral rules which revealed a Trump lead.
That margin has evaporated in Pennsylvania as mail-in ballots were tabulated. Democrats were more likely to vote by mail but Donald Trump has used his early lead as an opportunity to cry foul and fraud.
The Trump campaign's requests to discount postal votes by filing legal challenges in battleground states seem desperate attempts to delay the inevitable.
Donald Trump lost court rulings in three states just yesterday. A small number of ballots are being called into question and they would be unlikely to make any material difference to Joe Biden's current trajectory.
The more defining consequence of these legal disputes is an erosion of trust in America’s democracy. Donald Trump's repeated calls to "Stop The Count" may well have inspired an armed man to drive to Pennsylvania last night allegedly plotting to stop vote counters in the convention centre - the suspect now in police custody.
Donald Trump's time in the White House may soon be over - but to the bitter end he is sewing dangerous distrust and division. There will be no gracious concession speech. No unifying message.
Alleging the election has been stolen from him, a parting gift on a country battered and bruised after a traumatic year.
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2020-11-06 18:50:02Z
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