Several US news outlets have cut their feeds, and MSNBC stopped its live stream of the speech after just a few minutes. Many Republicans condemned the 16-minute speech, which proclaimed many untruths. Donald Trump addressed Americans on Tuesday night, declaring his victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election, but MSNBC was again unable to interrupt or correct the president – of the United States. MSNBC host Brian Williams said: ‘We’re going to stop, we’re going to stop again because we’re going to interrupt and correct the president – in – as the head of our nation’s largest and most powerful news channel. Donald Trump speaks to Americans in New York City on Tuesday night after declaring himself the winner of last year’s US presidential election.
Chris Christie was the first major Trump ally to criticize the president for falsely claiming the election was stolen from Trump. The Guardian, which relies on the Associated Press to predict the election results, was quick to clarify that it was not declaring a winner in the presidential race and that several states are too early to declare. While many Republicans avoided commenting on Trump’s claims that votes should not be counted, several spoke out and urged patience in the vote count. Votes are still being counted in key states, and the speech came as former Vice President Joe Biden led the Electoral College by more than 1.5 million votes in his home state of Delaware.
I haven’t heard any evidence today, and I’m sure there is evidence, but we’ll have to wait and see, “he said, according to the Washington Post.
Anything else damages the integrity of our elections and is dangerous to our democracy, “he said. Paul Mitchell, a Republican congressman from Michigan, said the votes should and will always be counted. The vote count is the heart of democracy, “Republican John Conyers, D-Mich., tweeted. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Hurd, a Republican congressman from Texas, said: “The fact that a sitting president is undermining our nation’s political process and questioning the legality of the voices of countless Americans without evidence is not only dangerous and wrong, but also undermines the foundation upon which this nation is built. Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of Maryland, tweeted: “There is no defense for the president’s comments tonight that undermine the democratic process. The process is often long and frustrating for those responsible, but I respect the speech for every single American who has found a way to vote safely in the midst of a pandemic, “he said.
Meanwhile, CNN’s Anderson Cooper found perhaps the bloodiest words of the evening: “Every American should have his vote counted. Joe Biden responded by saying “no one is going to take our democracy away from us,” while his former vice president Kamala Harris said Trump is trying to invalidate ballots. I know he is the most powerful man in the world, but his time is up and we have seen what he can do in his first few months in office.
