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- The president of the United States will meet with political leaders in Michigan to try to reverse the defeat he suffered in that crucial state.
- Trump previously went to court for a count in Michigan, but this was dismissed.
- Joe Biden has defeated Trump and is due to take office on January 20.
President Donald Trump will meet with Michigan Republican leaders at the White House on Friday as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate attempt to overturn the November 3 election result after a series of court defeats.
The latest strategy of Trump’s campaign, as described by three people familiar with the plan, is to convince Republican-controlled legislatures in Biden-won battle states like Michigan to undermine the results.
“Frankly, all elections in all swing states should be annulled and legislatures should make sure voters are selected for Trump,” Sidney Powell, one of Trump’s lawyers, told Fox Business television on Thursday.
President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, won the election and is preparing to take office on January 20, but Trump, a Republican, has refused to budge and is looking for a way to invalidate the results, alleging election fraud. widespread.
Trump’s team is focusing on Michigan and Pennsylvania for now, but even if both states changed the president, he would need another state to revoke his vote to overtake Biden in the Electoral College.
Such an extraordinary event would be unprecedented in modern American history. Not only would Trump need three state legislatures to intervene against the vote counts as they are now, but he would also have those actions confirmed by Congress and, almost certainly, the Supreme Court.
Leaders
Michigan state legislative leaders, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and Speaker of the House of Representatives Lee Chatfield, both Republicans, will visit the White House at Trump’s request, according to a source in Michigan.
The two lawmakers will listen to what the president has to say, the source said. Shirkey told a Michigan news outlet earlier this week that the legislature would not name a second voters list.
“It’s incredibly dangerous that they’re even entertaining the conversation,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, told MSNBC. “This is an embarrassment to the state.”
Meanwhile, Biden will meet with Democratic leaders in Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday after spending most of the week with advisers. who plan their administration.
Nationally, Biden won nearly 6 million more votes than Trump, a difference of 3.8 percentage points. But the outcome of the election is determined in the Electoral College, where each state’s electoral votes, based primarily on population, are generally awarded to the winner of a state’s popular vote.
Biden leads by 306 electoral votes over Trump’s 232 as states work to certify their results at least six days before the Electoral College meeting on Dec. 14.
