[ad_1]
Supporters of President Donald Trump will take to the streets today to back up his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, as a Joe Biden spokesman said his campaign was “moving forward” with the transition to the White House.
Political demonstrations in favor of Trump are taking place in Washington and other cities in the United States. Some leftist groups are planning counter-demonstrations.
It follows yesterday’s rally by protesters at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, in a public demonstration of support for the president’s efforts to stay in power.
Yesterday, Trump first publicly acknowledged doubts about his second term in office when he spoke on the South Lawn of the White House.
In his first public speech since he was declared the loser of the November 3 election, he touted the medical advances that occurred under his supervision, but said he stood firm against further blockades.
President Trump, in discussing ‘Operation Warp Speed’, predicted that a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would receive emergency approval “extremely soon.”
The companies have said their drug is 90% effective in trials so far.
Operation Warp Speed is the name given to the Trump administration’s effort to push for the development of a vaccine.
Meanwhile, the United States, the country most affected by Covid-19, recorded 188,858 more cases and 1,596 more deaths yesterday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
“Thanksgiving will undoubtedly lead to a new massive explosion of cases if people don’t take it seriously,” said Michael Mina, a Harvard epidemiologist.
Latest US Election Stories
But Trump, who has long opposed measures stalling the economy, said his position remained unchanged.
“Ideally, we will not go to a lockdown. I will not go, this administration will not go to a lockdown,” he said. “Hopefully the … uh … whatever happens in the future, who knows what administration it will be. I guess time will tell.”
Since the Nov.3 election, Trump has persisted with unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. But while he has continued to make such claims on Twitter, he did not repeat them in his public comments yesterday.
Joe Biden further solidified his victory yesterday when Edison Research results showed him winning Georgia, giving him a final tally of 306 Electoral College votes, far more than the 270 needed to be elected president and up from the 232 for Trump.
The 306 votes were equal to what the Republican president won in his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, which he later called “overwhelming.”
Trump has refused to bow to Biden, claiming without proof that he was duped by widespread election fraud.
State election officials do not report serious wrongdoing, and several of their legal challenges have failed in court.
States face a December 8 deadline to certify their elections and elect voters to the Electoral College, which will officially select the new president on December 14.
President Trump’s refusal to accept defeat has stalled the official transition.
The federal agency that funds an incoming president-elect, the General Services Administration, has yet to acknowledge Biden’s victory, denying him access to federal office space and resources.
But the president-elect of the United States, who will meet with advisers on the transition today in his home state of Delaware, has moved forward with the process.
“We are moving forward with the transition,” said Jen Psaki, senior advisor to Biden’s transition team.
[ad_2]