Donald Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits to overturn the results in several states.
Washington:
President Donald Trump appeared to publicly acknowledge for the first time on Sunday that Democrat Joe Biden won the US presidential election on November 3, but claimed it was “rigged”, reiterating his false claims of widespread electoral fraud.
Biden defeated Trump by winning a series of battlefield states that the incumbent Republican president won in 2016. The former Democratic vice president also won the national popular vote by more than 5.5 million votes, or 3.6 percentage points.
Trump appeared to acknowledge Biden’s victory in a Twitter post in which he listed unsubstantiated fraud allegations.
He won only in the eyes of FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I do not concede ANYTHING! We have a long way to go. It was a RIGGED ELECTION!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2020
“He won because the election was rigged,” Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday morning, not to mention Biden by name. “NO OBSERVERS OR VOTING OBSERVERS allowed, vote tabulated by a private radical left company, Dominion, with a bad name and gear that couldn’t even qualify for Texas (which I won a lot) !), The Fake & Silent Media, & more! “
Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits to try to overturn the results in several states, but to no avail, and legal experts say the litigation is unlikely to change the election outcome.
Election officials from both parties said there was no evidence of major irregularities. Democrats and other critics have accused Trump of trying to delegitimize Biden’s victory and undermine public confidence in the U.S. electoral process. Prior to the election, Trump had refused to engage in a peaceful transfer of power.
Trump’s refusal to concede did not change the fact that Biden was the president-elect, but he did block the government’s normal process of preparing for a new presidential administration.
The Trump administration’s decision not to recognize Biden as the winner blocked Biden and his team from accessing government offices and funding normally given to a new administration to ensure a smooth transition.
The federal agency responsible for providing these resources, the General Service Administration, has yet to recognize Biden’s victory.
Biden has spent days snuggling up with advisers as he assesses Cabinet appointments, receives congratulatory calls from world leaders and sets policies he will pursue after being sworn in on Jan.20. He is expected to continue to meet privately with advisers on Sunday.
Biden won 306 votes in the state-by-state electoral college system that determines who wins the presidential election, according to Edison Research, far more than the 270 needed to secure a majority.
Trump won the same number of electoral votes in 2016 over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, a victory he called a “landslide” despite winning the national popular vote by around 3 million votes.
TRUMP SUPPORTERS RALLY
On Saturday, tens of thousands of Trump supporters ventured to Washington to echo his allegations of electoral fraud. The “Million MAGA March,” referencing Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” drew a crowd of flag-waving supporters in downtown Washington.
“Hundreds of thousands of people showing their support for D.C. They will not stand for a rigged and corrupt election!” the president wrote on Twitter, though most of the crowd’s estimates are well below Trump’s number.
Trump’s motorcade passed through the crowds on its way to his golf course in Virginia, eliciting cheers from protesters as the president waved from the backseat.
The march was largely peaceful, although numerous scuffles erupted between Trump supporters and counter-protesters that continued after dark. One person was stabbed and taken to a trauma center, the city’s fire department and emergency medical services said. The Washington Post reported that the stabbing occurred in the midst of a brawl that broke out after 8 p.m.
Dozens of Proud Boys, a far-right group, marched through the streets, some wearing helmets and ballistic vests, while members of the far-left movement known as Antifa organized their own counter – events.
City police forces arrested at least 10 people, including several on assault charges.
With his chances of overturning the result almost extinct, Trump spoke with advisers about possible media companies that would keep him in the spotlight ahead of a possible White House candidacy in 2024, aides said.
States are in the process of certifying the results of their elections. The Electoral College meets to vote for the new president on December 14.
Biden’s choice for White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said this week that a swift transition is needed to ensure the government is ready to roll out a potential coronavirus vaccine early in the season. next year.
Tackling the raging pandemic will be a top priority for Biden. The United States set a new daily record for new cases on Friday for the fourth day in a row.
More than 244,000 people in the country have died from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
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