Here is a point-by-point explanation.
Trump said: “Millions and millions of people voted for us tonight, and a very sad group of people are trying to deny the group of people. And we will not stand for it.”
Facts first: This is fake. While Trump did not identify the “very sad group of people”, his opponents and election officials did not try to deprive the right to vote – deprive the right to vote – of the Trump supporters who voted for him. Democratic leaders simply demanded that all the votes be counted.
Trump said, “We were getting ready for a big celebration, we won everything, and suddenly it was just canceled.”
Facts first: This is false; Trump never “won it all.” At the time of Trump’s speech, Trump and Biden were both projected by major media sales to win several states, with several key states still too close to call. (Media calls are unofficial; official results come later from governments across the country.)
Trump said, “We were ready to win this election. Honestly, we won this election.”
Facts first: This is false, at least at the moment when Trump spoke. While Trump could very well have won the vote once the votes were counted, neither he nor his opponent Joe Biden had reached the 270 electoral votes needed for a victory; prominent media did not project a winner in major states including Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Trump said, “It’s also clear we won Georgia.” He added that, given his then margin, ‘They are never going to catch us. They can not catch us. ‘
Facts first: We are not familiar with Trump’s internal voice modeling, but it was ‘clear’ when he spoke when he spoke that Georgia won. With votes still to be counted from some strong Democratic areas, it was mathematically possible that Biden could catch him.
Trump said, “The most important thing is that we win Pennsylvania a lot.” (It sounded like he was adding ‘voices’, but he was drowned to applause.)
Facts first: It was very misleading. While Trump was leading in the Pennsylvania vote at the time, the outcome in the state was completely uncertain because there were hundreds of thousands of votes left to count from strong Democratic areas, including Philadelphia.
Trump said, “we win Michigan,” moments later Michigan said.
Facts first: It was false that Trump “won” Michigan at the time. Once again, hundreds of thousands of votes had to be counted in the state.
Trump said, “And all of a sudden I said what happened to the election? It’s down. And we have all these announcers saying, ‘What happened?’ And then they said, “Ohhh.” Because you know what happened? They knew they could not win, so they said, ‘Let’s go to court.’
Trump said, “This is a fraud against the American public.”
Facts First: This is fake. There was no evidence of significant fraud when he spoke. Counting the votes is not fraud.
Trump said, “We want the law to be used properly. So we’re going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop. We do not want them to find any ballots at 4 o’clock. “Morning and add it to the list, okay?”