Harris’ campaign is preparing for former President Donald Trump to declare the election rigged and claim he won the White House before all the votes have been counted.

For weeks, Trump has been laying the groundwork that the election will be rigged against him and that the only reason he will lose is because Democrats cheat. Without proof, this week the entire state of Pennsylvania has already is cheating Just a few days before Election Day.

Harris’ spokesman, Ian Sams, said Friday that he supported Trump’s allegations of election fraud because he believed he lost.

“This is a moment of weakness for her. She sees how her numbers are not what they should be among the seniors and the men. She sees how she’s losing women by a historic margin, and she’s afraid of losing. That’s what’s driving this. So she’s making up false claims of fraud even before Election Day because she’s afraid she’s going to lose this race and He is desperate to blame anyone but himself.” Sams said on MSNBC. “Good morning Joe.”

Similar to 2020, Trump’s team is expected to file a lawsuit He questions the election results. However, Sams said they are ready to respond to possible cases in the coming days. Harris said her team “has hundreds of lawyers across this country ready to protect votes, ensure election integrity in this election, and hold Donald Trump accountable.”

“We’re seeing these types of press release stunt cases by the RNC and the Trump campaign right now, and we’re not just sitting around waiting. We will go to court to get decisions early so we can beat them. “In the last month alone, we have won two dozen lawsuits over these false claims that Republicans have made because they are false,” he said.

“And at the end of the day, we are confident that our institutions will survive. We are confident that we will win in court because the facts are on our side. And the only reason. Donald Trump is doing this because he’s afraid he’ll lose. “He’s worried that he won’t be able to win this election fairly,” he continued.

“And that’s probably because they see what we see, which is that the voters who are going to decide this election are making up their minds and they’re electing Vice President Harris,” he added.

Marc E. Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, said: MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell He said Thursday that Trump filed the lawsuit only “to establish a complaint structure.”

“Trump uses lawsuits, not to win cases. He uses lawsuits as a tool to influence the political environment. He wants people to believe there is chaos. He wants to lay the groundwork for a grievance structure that allows him to say he was cheated rather than losing fairly. But none of this will change the outcome. “As is the case at the end of the day, Donald Trump will lie about the results of the 2024 election,” he said.

“People keep asking me: ‘Am I worried about him declaring victory before the votes are counted? So he lies about everything. So why doesn’t he lie about this? So you cover up his lies every night. So yes, he will lie about the outcome of the election, but that won’t change the results. So if people vote and people do their part to get votes, let’s not worry about Donald Trump’s lies because we can’t convince him to stop doing that,” Elias added.

This year’s election marks the first presidential race since former President Donald Trump launched a campaign of lies about a stolen 2020 election; It’s a narrative that undermines public confidence in election results among a broad swath of conservative voters, despite no evidence of widespread fraud.

Election experts have warned that if Trump loses, he could once again lay the groundwork to contest the election.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.