Biden Campaign Condemns Trump False Victory Claim as ‘Naked Effort to Take Away the Democratic Rights of American Citizens’

WITH millions of votes still left to count and several key battleground states very much up for grabs, the Biden campaign issued a statement early Wednesday morning denouncing President Donald Trump’s false declaration of electoral victory, completely baseless claims of fraud, and threat to bring his case to the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court as “a naked effort to take away the democratic rights of American citizens.”

“The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect,” said Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon. “Having encouraged Republican efforts in multiple states to prevent the legal counting of these ballots before Election Day, now Donald Trump is saying these ballots can’t be counted after Election Day either.”

While voicing confidence that former Vice President Joe Biden will emerge victorious once all legally cast ballots are tallied, Dillon stressed that “Donald Trump does