President Trump prematurely declared victory from the White House early Wednesday, claiming falsely he has won several states he has not won and saying he will ask the courts to stop mail-in ballots from being counted. "We'll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court," he said. "We want all voting to stop. We don't want them to find any ballots at 4 in the morning and add them to the list."
Democrat Joe Biden is in pretty good shape in the outstanding swing states, based on ballots supposed to be counted Wednesday morning and later in the morning. Many of the outstanding votes are mail-in ballots, tilted toward Demcorats. But the partial counted show Trump ahead, and while Trump had denied reports he would claim victory if he appeared to be ahead on election night, that is exactly what he did.
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