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The current Trump’s chances of four more years in the White House are diminishing; however, the president continues to cling to power and is irritated by a press conference. Many Republicans distance themselves from him.
The third day after the US presidential election, and it is still unclear who will rule the country in the future. While the count is still ongoing in five key states, incumbent Donald Trump caused more of a stir with a press conference. Again he claimed victory for himself, and again tried to cast doubt on the electoral process with accusations of fraud.
“If you count the legal votes, I win easily. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal our vote.” The president once again spoke of alleged “fraud” in the elections and stated that he wanted to take massive legal action against the election results in the individual states.
“That is where they are trying to steal the election. They are trying to rig an election.” The president particularly attacked postal votes: “It’s amazing to see how these postal ballots are so one-sided. Trump was referring to the fact that most of his challenger Joe Biden’s supporters had taken the opportunity to vote by mail.
Television stations interrupt broadcasting
Broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC prematurely canceled the broadcast of the press conference. After Trump had spoken for several minutes, the stations returned to their regular programming, with strong criticism of Trump’s comments. “We have to stop now because the president made a series of false claims,” said NBC’s Lester Holt. There is no evidence of electoral fraud.
MSNBC’s Brian Williams said: “Now once again we are in an unusual position not only to interrupt the President of the United States, but to correct the President of the United States. There were no illegal voices that we know of. There was no Victory. of Trump that we know. ” ABC’s Jonathan Karl said Trump was apparently frustrated with the lengthy counting process.
CNN and Fox News showed the entire press conference. CNN host Anderson Cooper later said that Trump was acting like a “fat turtle lying with his back to the sun and paddling with his legs because he realizes his time is up.”
Republicans oppose fraud accusations
Members of the Republican Party also harshly criticized Trump’s actions. Several senators opposed the incumbent, some openly. House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was generally not uncommon for someone to declare himself the winner of an election, as Trump did, albeit prematurely. But: “Claiming to have won the elections is different from ending the count.”
Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, rebuked Trump via Twitter: “The fact that it takes days to count the votes cast legally is NOT a fraud.”
His colleague in the Alaska Senate, Lisa Murkowski, warned that “everyone should be patient” while the results come in. It is important to give election officials time to do their job. It is important to admit and count all legally submitted votes. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger tweeted directly to the president: “Enough. Period,” he wrote in response to Trump’s claim that Democrats were trying to “steal” the election. “The votes will be counted and you will win or lose,” Kinzinger wrote in Trump’s speech.
Chris Christie, a former New Jersey governor and Trump confidant, also doesn’t beat around the bush. The Republican said there was no basis for the president’s argument. Trump’s attacks on the integrity of the election are “a bad strategic decision” that one would not expect from someone in office.
Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan, who briefly considered challenging him for the presidential nomination, also clearly distinguished himself from Trump’s behavior. Trump’s comments are scandalous and outrageous and a terrible mistake, Hogan said at an event for the Washington Post.
Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton also joined the criticism. Bolton said in an interview with UK broadcaster Sky News that it was a “shame” that his former boss declared himself the winner of the election.
Trump’s son: the president should declare “total war”
Trump got the backing of his family: His son, Donald Trump Jr., asked his father to start a “total war” around the elections. The president must “expose all fraud and cheating,” Trump Jr. wrote on Twitter. This included the votes of voters who were dead or no longer living in the respective state, Trump’s son claimed. “It’s time to clean up this mess and stop looking like a banana republic.”
The judges dismiss the lawsuits
So far, no significant cases of voter fraud have been reported in the US Judges in several states have dismissed the demands of Trump’s campaign team. In Pennsylvania, the demand to stop the count was denied, but a court ruled that Republican election watchers could approach employees who process mail-in ballots in the city of Philadelphia.
In Nevada, the Supreme Court refused to stop the Las Vegas count process, but an agreement was reached on additional observers. The Trump camp announced new legal action. In Georgia, a lawsuit over 53 allegedly questionable ballots was dismissed after election officials testified that the papers had reached Chatham County on time. In Michigan, a judge noted that the state count had ended.
Biden is currently later
Trump’s challenger, Joe Biden, has come closer to victory. In Pennsylvania (20 constituencies), he clearly gained ground from Trump. In Georgia (16 voters), according to data provider Edison Research, Biden actually equaled Trump. This in turn approached Biden in Arizona (eleven voters). Furthermore, no data provider or broadcaster dared to predict a winner. By most counts, Biden has 253 voters and Trump 214. It takes 270 to win.
