Networks Challenged Trump’s Call to Stop Count

Joe Pompeo: “It was around 2:30 a.m. when all hell broke loose. That’s when President Donald Trump did the unhinged, dangerous, Democracy-destabilizing thing that we all hoped we wouldn’t have to see him do, giving a speech at the White House in which he prematurely declared victory even as millions upon millions of legitimate votes were still being counted. The goal, in all of its authoritarian bluster, was to get out in front of a result that might not land in his favor. But anyone who was still awake and glued to their screens as the propaganda unfolded got a fast and forceful reality check.”

“The networks quickly and aggressively called bullshit on Trump’s remarks, either breaking away from the speech or butting in with fact-checks.”