Pennsylvania's governor promises to 'count every vote' after Trump threatens to stop tabulation

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) just put a damper on President Trump's premature victory party.Even though several critical states hung in the balance, Trump gave what sounded like a victory speech early Wednesday morning. He declared victory in Georgia and North Carolina — states he hadn't won — and then predicted he'd also wrap up Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin as well, even if it meant going to the Supreme Court to stop votes being counted there.But Wolf made it clear he wasn't just going to hand Trump a win, tweeting early Wednesday that Trump's courtroom threat is a "partisan attack on Pennsylvania's elections." "We still have over 1 million mail ballots to count in Pennsylvania. I promised Pennsylvanians that we would count every vote and that's what we're going to do," Wolf said.> Let’s be clear: This is a partisan attack on Pennsylvania’s elections, our votes, and democracy.> > Our counties are working tirelessly to process votes as quickly AND as accurately as possible.> > Pennsylvania will have a fair election and we will count every vote.> > — Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) November 4, 2020Trump's manifestation of an election win also drew criticism from his own party. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has aided Trump's 2020 campaign, told ABC News Trump had "no basis to make that argument," while former presidential candidate Rick Santorum told CNN he was "distressed" by what Trump said.More stories from theweek.com The left just got crushed Biden has now received more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. history A Biden presidency might essentially be over before it can begin

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