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In a move unprecedented in modern American history, Trump’s team has tried, unsuccessfully, to get Republican-controlled legislatures in Biden-won battle states to sideline the results and declare Trump the winner.
Biden won the election with 306 votes in the Electoral College, more than the 270 needed, compared to 232 for Trump. The Electoral College will meet on December 14 to formalize the result.
Trump said at Saturday’s rally that his challenge was headed to the US Supreme Court “very soon,” without elaborating. However, legal experts see no way to the highest court in the country.
Richard Hasen of UC Irvine School of Law said it was unclear which case Trump was referring to, but added: “I don’t think any of these efforts have any chance of success.”
Trump’s penchant for making his political rallies all about him – and now, about his claims that the US electoral system is rigged – had raised concerns among some Republicans that his appearance in Georgia could end up turning voters off. or making them feel like there is no point in voting.
Before the rally, Matt Towery, a former Georgia Republican legislator who is now a political analyst and pollster, said Trump could help if he praised the candidates, but cautioned:
“If you talk about them for 10 minutes and spend the rest of the time telling everyone how terrible Brian Kemp is, that will only make things worse.”
When Loeffler and Perdue briefly took the stage and Trump handed them the microphone, many in the crowd drowned out their words with chants of “Fight for Trump!”
Two pro-Trump attorneys, L. Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, have argued that Georgians should not vote in the second round until the 2020 election problems are resolved in the state, even after the lawsuits they have filed. to void the results have failed.
Trump said on Saturday that voters could and should refuse to accept what he called the presidential election results “rigged” while casting votes for Perdue and Loeffler in the second round.
“If you don’t vote, the socialists and the communists win,” he said. “We can fight for the presidency and fight to elect our two great senators, and we can do it at the same time.”
– Reuters
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