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Donald Trump received hundreds of supporters in the US capital on Saturday, as the president still refuses to concede defeat to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden after the November 3 election.
Trump was greeted with cheers and applause as his limousine drove from the White House onto Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday morning. Some attendees climbed walls and other structures to view the president’s caravan as it made its way around Freedom Plaza.
The protesters, who gathered as part of various events, including what was dubbed a “Million MAGA [Make America Great Again] March ”, he chanted“ USA! USES! “,” We want Trump! We want Trump! “and” Four more years! Four more years! “
Echoing Trump himself, many of the Republican leader’s supporters have refused to acknowledge the results of the US presidential election, saying they believe widespread fraud occurred. That accusation has been dismissed by experts and election officials as unfounded.
Pro-Trump rallies were expected to take place in cities across the country on Saturday to show support for the president, who has only made one public speech since Biden was declared the winner of the vote last Saturday.
Supporters of President Donald Trump cheer next to the presidential motorcade at Freedom Plaza near the White House in Washington, DC [Tom Brenner/Reuters]
Marcher Darion Schaublin, 26, told AFP news agency that he drove from Columbus, Ohio to join the march in Washington, DC.
“The whole system is rigged … in the way that information gets to people, it is filtered through these channels, so the truth never gets out,” Schaublin said.
“There’s a good chance … he’s not going to get a second term, and I’m not sure the legitimacy of that,” he added.
Right-wing militia groups such as the Proud Boys also planned to hold rallies in the capital on Saturday, prompting a heavy security presence in anticipation of clashes with anti-Trump protesters.
Meanwhile, protesting Saturday’s march, opponents on social media sought to create confusion by flooding the hashtags #MillionMAGAMarch and #MarchforTrump with pictures of pancakes.
#MillionMAGAMarch Stay home and enjoy your pancakes! pic.twitter.com/8YO8yNF8r1
– KayElZee (@KayElZee) November 14, 2020
Refuse to give in
American news organizations, including the Associated Press, cast Biden as the winner of the November 7 presidential election, but Trump has remained defiant, so far refusing to budge or cooperate in the transition to a new administration.
In the United States, it is the standard that presidents award based on projections from news organizations.
Biden’s victory saw thousands of his supporters take to the streets across the country, at times taking on Trump supporters in key states on the battlefield, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
Since then, the Trump campaign has launched a series of legal challenges widely viewed as a long shot. Meanwhile, Georgia has launched an audit of state results in the presidential election, with Biden currently leading Trump by 14,000 votes there.
Even without Georgia’s 16 electoral votes, Biden brings Trump 290 electoral votes to 232 votes. Trump would have to change the results in several states to reduce Biden’s advantage to less than 270 electoral votes, the threshold for victory.
Trump has so far refused to grant the presidential election, which is the norm after victory is projected for a candidate. [Evan Vucci/AP]
Trump, who has repeatedly falsely claimed victory in the contest, acknowledged his precarious position in passing during a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic on Friday.
“Whatever happens in the future, who knows what administration it will be, I guess time will tell,” said Trump, who has unfoundedly alleged widespread fraud and voting irregularities, a claim contradicted by state election officials and his own election officials. intelligence.
Biden, for his part, is making progress with his transition and has paid little attention to Trump’s resistance, calling it “a disgrace.”
Biden said he will take office on January 20 and that “nothing is going to stop” the transfer of power.
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