A senior official within the presidential marketing campaign of Kamala Harris mentioned Friday they “totally anticipate” Donald Trump to declare victory earlier than votes are totally counted on Election Day night.

However that official advised reporters, “It will not work.”

“He did this earlier than. It failed,” mentioned the official, who spoke on the situation of anonymity in a press name, in keeping with NBC News. “If he does it once more, it’ll fail.”

The official mentioned Republican nominee Trump “lies on a regular basis” and is already searching for “to sow doubt a couple of loss that he anticipates is coming” on Tuesday in opposition to Harris, the Democratic nominee and present vice chairman.

“In the meantime, we’re targeted on ensuring that each one of our voters have the knowledge to get out and vote, and that they really feel assured doing it safely and securely, and that they know that we will shield that vote and that we’re going to be sure that it counts, it doesn’t matter what Trump and his marketing campaign are doing,” the marketing campaign official mentioned.

The decision got here on the heels of baseless claims by Trump that there’s large-scale “dishonest” occurring in voting in Pennsylvania, a key swing state within the election.

“REPORT CHEATING TO AUTHORITIES. Regulation Enforcement should act, NOW!” Trump wrote in a Fact Social put up Wednesday.

Trump has falsely claimed for 4 years that he, not President Joe Biden, gained the 2020 election.

He faces legal prosecutions in federal court docket in Washington, D.C., and state court docket in Atlanta in connection along with his makes an attempt to overturn his loss to Biden.