Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is railing against President Donald Trump and his campaign for filing a lawsuit against his state to stop the counting of ballots.
During a press conference Wednesday evening, Wolf said, “It goes against the most basic principles of our democracy. It takes away the right of every American citizen to cast their vote and to choose our leaders.”
“Our election officials at the state and local level should be free to do their jobs without fear, without intimidation, without attacks. These attempts to subvert the democratic process are simply disgraceful,” he continued.
He added:
“We’re going to fight every single attempt to disenfranchise voters. We will continue to administer free and fair elections in Pennsylvania. Let me be clear, in Pennsylvania every vote is going to count. I’m going to fight like hell to protect the vote of every Pennsylvanian. I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that every vote counts because in Pennsylvania every voice matters. Every vote matters.”
Watch his remarks below:
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf calls Trump campaign lawsuit against his state "disgraceful."
— ABC News (@ABC) November 4, 2020
"I'm going to fight like hell to protect the vote of every Pennsylvanian." https://t.co/bZPztNLrOu pic.twitter.com/sB9DOmVuj7
His comments come just days after the president slammed the Supreme Court for allowing Pennslyvania to count absentee ballots received three days after Election Day, as IJR previously reported.
“What a ruling. What a horrible thing that they’ve done. You know that puts our country in danger?” Trump said. “Do you know what can happen during that long period of time? … That long period of time. Do you know what can happen? Number one, cheating can happen like you’ve never seen. This is [the Democrats’] dream.”
Pennsylvania is not the only state the Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in, as IJR previously reported.
He has also filed lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan.
Trump’s campaign prematurely declared victory in Pennsylvania on Wednesday despite several votes that have yet to be counted.
