"If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that came in late, we're looking to them very strongly, but a lot of votes came in late."

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This is false. President Trump is suggesting counting postal votes which arrive after election day is ""illegal"". But late postal ballots can be counted in around half of US states - as long as they are postmarked by 3 November.

Reviewed by BBC Reality Check ↗ · November 6, 2020