‘Math doesn’t care about Trump’s feelings’: Pennsylvania Democrat says president deluded

The count in Pennsylvania is ‘damning’ for the president, the lieutenant governor says

Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor has ridiculed Donald Trump for his claims that he may still win the swing state where Joe Biden leads by more than 50,000 votes.

In an interview with CNN's John King on Wednesday, Democrat John Fetterman mocked the president’s unfounded claims of voter fraud, as well as his lack of understanding of the unlikelihood of overturning a margin as large as Mr Biden’s.

"Math doesn't care about his feelings, it doesn't care about anyone's feelings!" he said. "The math in Pennsylvania is damning for the president."

He invited the president to challenge the state’s result in the Supreme Court, underlining that Mr Trump’s attempts would be futile.

Asked about whether he had witnessed any voter fraud in his state, Mr Fetterman said the only instance registered in Pennsylvania was a man trying to vote for Mr Trump using his dead mother’s ballot.

Mr Fetterman stressed the collective damage the president’s fantastical claims about voter fraud were having, saying it was undermining trust in democracy.

"At some point, we all have to collectively accept yelling 'Voter fraud!' when there is no evidence whatsoever of it is yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater," he warned. 

"It is harming the democratic franchise of our country and the peaceful transition of power. We cannot accept that.”

The previous day, a Republican senator from the state urged the president to begin the process of a transition of power to Joe Biden.

"We're on a path it looks likely Joe Biden is going to be the next president of the United States. It's not 100 per cent certain but it is quite likely. So I think a transition process ought to begin," said Pat Toomey said on Tuesday.

It came as a Pennsylvania postal worker admitted he fabricated claims of electoral fraud in the battleground state – a case that had been referenced by Republicans as evidence of widespread ballot tampering.

The latest tally shows Mr Biden has amassed over five million votes more than Mr Trump nationwide.