From Jonathan Bernstein:
The president’s grossly irresponsible claims aside, the only thing to do now is wait for votes to be counted.
As I write this, some eight states still haven’t been called for president, and millions of regular, lawful ballots haven’t been counted. President Donald Trump nevertheless falsely claimed early Wednesday morning that he has won re-election — and that all the states where he was currently trailing would eventually be his once the ballots were counted, whereas all the states in which he was currently leading were obviously victories for him and that the Supreme Court should cut off the counts, thanks to what he falsely called “fraud” without even a hint of evidence.
In other words, win or lose, Trump has demonstrated once again that he is fully unfit for the office that he seeks to hold for a second term.
Of course, Trump’s words have no legal importance whatsoever. He doesn’t get to decide who wins and whose votes get to be counted. In fact, it’s quite possible that his wild accusations may backfire. Several Republican politicians who back the president, along with several Fox News on-air hosts, criticized him immediately. So, of course, did Democrats and the “neutral” media. Obviously, that doesn’t affect the basic math as the tabulation continues to accumulate — and it’s still quite likely that there will be a clear winner once all the votes are counted. But it’s not impossible that it could affect what happens in the courts, or even (gulp) if Congress winds up having to sort it all out.