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Trump's Remarks After Air Force One Arrival; Charlotte, NC; November 1, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump After Air Force One Arrival | Charlotte, NC
Issued on: November 1, 2020
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Charlotte, North Carolina
5:44 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: So, I hope everybody is having a good time. Were doing our third stop of five. We have great crowds. The first two were extremely cold. But theyre great people, so that warmed it up.
Were doing tremendous numbers. Florida is doing very well. Ohio, as you heard, is doing phenomenally well. I think were ahead of Ohio from four years ago, and we won by eight. If you look at North Carolina, were doing great. Were doing I think were doing well all over.
Georgia looks like its its in our camp all the way. Texas is beyond good. We seem to be doing well all over. And thats not based on polls; thats based on numbers based on early ballots. So were very happy with it.
And I think Michigan is plus-two; it just came out. Were plus-two in Michigan. We are were really doing incredibly well.
Does anybody have any questions?
Q Do you have a response to Biden going to Ohio tomorrow?
THE PRESIDENT: I have no idea. Look, I dont think hes knows too much what hes doing. I think hes proven that over the years. It looks like Ohio is in our camp. I won it by eight, as you know. And my people tell me were going to be higher this year.
So he can do that. He can do that.
Q Are you going to declare a victory on Tuesday are you going to declare a victory on Tuesday night whether all the results are in?
THE PRESIDENT: No, no, that was a false report. Well look at what happened. I think its a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election. I think its a terrible thing when people or states are allowed to tabulate ballots for a long period of time after the election is over because it can only lead to one thing, and thats very bad. You know what that thing is. I think its a very dangerous, terrible thing. And I think its terrible when we cant know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers. I think its a terrible thing.
And I happen to think it was a terrible decision for our country made by the Supreme Court. I think it was a terrible decision for our country. And I think its a very dangerous decision because youre going to have one or two or three states, depending on how it ends up, where theyre tabulating ballots, and the rest of the world is waiting to find out. And I think theres great danger to it, and I think a lot of fraud and misuse could take place. I think its a terrible decision by the Supreme Court a terrible decision.
Now, I dont know if thats going to be changed, because were going to go in the night of as soon as that election is over, were going in with our lawyers. But we dont want to have Pennsylvania, where you have a political governor a very partisan guy and we dont want to have other states like Nevada, where you have the head of the Democratic clubhouse as your governor. We dont want to be in a position where hes allowed to, every day, watch ballots come in. Gee, if we could only find 10,000 more ballots.
Because were doing great in Nevada. Were doing great in Arizona. Were doing great all over. But if you take Nevada or Pennsylvania and everyone knows what happens in Philadelphia. You dont have to say it. But Ive read about it for years. And I dont think its fair that we have to wait a long period of time after the election.
If people wanted to get their ballots in, they should have gotten their ballots in long before that a long time. They dont have to put their ballots in the same day; they could have put their ballots in a month ago. And we think its a ridiculous decision.
Thank you.
END
5:49 P.M. EST
Remarks by President Trump After Air Force One Arrival | Charlotte, NC
Issued on: November 1, 2020
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Charlotte, North Carolina
5:44 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: So, I hope everybody is having a good time. Were doing our third stop of five. We have great crowds. The first two were extremely cold. But theyre great people, so that warmed it up.
Were doing tremendous numbers. Florida is doing very well. Ohio, as you heard, is doing phenomenally well. I think were ahead of Ohio from four years ago, and we won by eight. If you look at North Carolina, were doing great. Were doing I think were doing well all over.
Georgia looks like its its in our camp all the way. Texas is beyond good. We seem to be doing well all over. And thats not based on polls; thats based on numbers based on early ballots. So were very happy with it.
And I think Michigan is plus-two; it just came out. Were plus-two in Michigan. We are were really doing incredibly well.
Does anybody have any questions?
Q Do you have a response to Biden going to Ohio tomorrow?
THE PRESIDENT: I have no idea. Look, I dont think hes knows too much what hes doing. I think hes proven that over the years. It looks like Ohio is in our camp. I won it by eight, as you know. And my people tell me were going to be higher this year.
So he can do that. He can do that.
Q Are you going to declare a victory on Tuesday are you going to declare a victory on Tuesday night whether all the results are in?
THE PRESIDENT: No, no, that was a false report. Well look at what happened. I think its a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election. I think its a terrible thing when people or states are allowed to tabulate ballots for a long period of time after the election is over because it can only lead to one thing, and thats very bad. You know what that thing is. I think its a very dangerous, terrible thing. And I think its terrible when we cant know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers. I think its a terrible thing.
And I happen to think it was a terrible decision for our country made by the Supreme Court. I think it was a terrible decision for our country. And I think its a very dangerous decision because youre going to have one or two or three states, depending on how it ends up, where theyre tabulating ballots, and the rest of the world is waiting to find out. And I think theres great danger to it, and I think a lot of fraud and misuse could take place. I think its a terrible decision by the Supreme Court a terrible decision.
Now, I dont know if thats going to be changed, because were going to go in the night of as soon as that election is over, were going in with our lawyers. But we dont want to have Pennsylvania, where you have a political governor a very partisan guy and we dont want to have other states like Nevada, where you have the head of the Democratic clubhouse as your governor. We dont want to be in a position where hes allowed to, every day, watch ballots come in. Gee, if we could only find 10,000 more ballots.
Because were doing great in Nevada. Were doing great in Arizona. Were doing great all over. But if you take Nevada or Pennsylvania and everyone knows what happens in Philadelphia. You dont have to say it. But Ive read about it for years. And I dont think its fair that we have to wait a long period of time after the election.
If people wanted to get their ballots in, they should have gotten their ballots in long before that a long time. They dont have to put their ballots in the same day; they could have put their ballots in a month ago. And we think its a ridiculous decision.
Thank you.
END
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Trump's Remarks After Air Force One Arrival; Charlotte, NC; November 1, 2020 (Original Post)
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(13,869 posts)2. Sounds kind he'll win at least 60 states