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“If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”
Donald Trump President. Claim dated 5 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire

What PolitiFact found

A few states with close races continue the legal process of counting mail ballots. As in every election, some will be rejected for missing signatures or other issues, but that’s not evidence of election stealing plots.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 5 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 November 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.