US Election: Trump Claims Victory As Vote Counting Continues

The president has also vowed to go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting of votes in some key battleground states.

President Donald Trump of the United States.
President Donald Trump of the United States.

The presidential election is turning out to be a tight race and may be determined by battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, yet, Donald Trump is claiming victory.

Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden is however projected to win the state of Arizona which was won by President Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate.

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Donald Trump is projected to have won two key states, Texas and must-win Florida, both rich in electoral votes.

Biden has expressed confidence he will win the election, telling supporters in Delaware the election is “not over until every ballot is counted” and insists: “We are on track to win.”

Trump tweeted that the Democrats were trying to steal the election. In a White House address, he later declared an unsupported victory.

Millions of votes are yet to be counted.

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The president has also vowed to go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting of votes in some key battleground states.

“Frankly we did win this election,” he claims, speaking in subdued tone. He suggests – without evidence – that election “fraud” has occurred.

“This is an embarrassment to our country,” he says, adding that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to fight election results.

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