Trump says he'll leave White House if Biden declared winner of Electoral College

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 11/26/20 | News Source: The Hill

President Trump on Thursday said he would leave the White House on Jan. 20 if the Electoral College declares President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the election, but indicated he was not prepared to concede defeat.

"Certainly I will. And you know that,” said Trump when asked if he would leave the White House if the Electoral College voted for Biden. “If they do, they made a mistake.”

“It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede,” Trump told reporters during a press call on Thursday. 

It was the first time Trump has taken questions directly from reporters since the election more than three weeks ago.

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During the press call Trump also continued to claim widespread electoral fraud had occurred, despite no evidence to suggest that to be true.

“I don't know what is going to happen. I know one thing, Joe Biden did not get 80 million votes,” said Trump. The president also claimed that he had received significantly more than 74 million votes, insisting that votes for him had been tossed out. Read more at The Hill