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Trump’s first appearance in weeks: “We’ve never lost an election”
In Georgia, the president continues to raise questions about the electoral system.
Donald Trump in Georgia: The president does not accept his electoral defeat.
You can not stop. During his first public appearance since his defeat in the presidential election, Donald Trump called himself the winner of the race for the White House over the weekend. “We have never lost an election,” the president said Saturday night in front of thousands of supporters in Valdosta, Georgia. And he, too, will triumph in this election.
Trump later claimed in his 100-minute speech that on November 3 he had won all politically contested states by a wide margin. The fact is that Trump lost the election because his opponent Joe Biden received more votes than the Republican incumbent in the swing states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. And so far, the Trump camp has been unable to produce strong evidence of fraud or forgery for the courts to overturn this Biden victory.
Trump believes the governor should annul the result
Trump does not want to accept defeat, although he said in his speech that he would have no problem accepting defeat. So, in front of his cheering fanatics in Valdosta, the president again spoke to the conscience of the Republican governor of Georgia and asked him to revoke the election result. Brian Kemp, that’s the name of the Republican governor, should call the state parliament and declare Trump the winner in Georgia, he said accordingly.
But the governor doesn’t seem interested in letting Trump hitchhike. Kemp rejected the president’s request, US media reported. In return, on Saturday night, Trump urged a party member, right-wing MP Doug Collins, to challenge Kemp in the next gubernatorial election in 2022.
Brotherly fight at a bad time
For Republicans, the fratricidal struggle comes at the most inopportune moment. Because in Georgia, the last two still open Senate seats will be elected on January 5. The two Republican rulers are allies of Trump. It was also because of her that he traveled to Valdosta to remove the publicity drum. On the other hand, the two Republican senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler depend on Trump not exaggerating his criticism of the electoral system, otherwise there is a risk that frustrated Republicans will not vote.
Therefore, Trump praised Perdue and Loeffler on Saturday and gave them the microphone for about a minute while their fans shouted, “Fight for Trump!” The president also called the upcoming ballot boxes “probably the most important second round of elections” in US history. Georgia couldn’t allow Senate Democrats to take power, he said by analogy. Because then the Democrats would control the levers of power.
The president contradicts himself
But Trump also knows that this message contradicts his claims that he and his vice president Mike Pence will win the presidential election. Because Democrats only control the Senate if two conditions are met. First, they have to win both Senate seats in Georgia.
Such a victory would lead to a stalemate in Washington’s small chamber, with 50 members each in the Republican group and 50 in the Democratic group. The constitution establishes that in case of a tie in the Senate, the vice president decides. Pence will serve as vice president until January 20. He will then be replaced by Democrat Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s number two.
