When the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden and thousands of his supporters gathered at the barricade around the White House to celebrate, President Trump was not there to listen. He was on a golf course in Virginia. No “Maga” hat or “Trump-Pence” sign found.
But on Saturday, several thousand Trump supporters, G.O.P. A large crowd of voters, white nationalists, militant groups and conspiracy theorists will raise their voices in support of the president on Freedom Plaza near Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House, who have not yet acknowledged his loss. Now President-elect Biden.
On Saturday morning, on the way back to the golf club, the “Stop the Steel” march in the country’s capital, elated by Trump’s wave of protesters, echoed the president’s baseless complaints about voter fraud.
“We want ited dit and reconstruction of all these votes,” a woman who took part in the march told CNN as the “We Champions” played on loudspeakers in the background.
In the final estimates, Biden, the former vice president, had 606 electoral votes on college-led votes, matching Trump’s 201-winning tally. Biden beat several states that Trump won in 2016, including the once ruby-red Georgia and Arizona.
The president’s legal team, now led by personal lawyer and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, handles complaints and lawsuits in several states. Some states will hit the legal deadline this week to finalize their election results, and by law, all calculations and challenges must be completed by December 8.
Although almost no legal experts believe Trump has any real chance of changing the outcome, the president is encouraging his supporters to speak up. The president’s limousine in his own red “maga” hat was being weaved through the Freedom Plaza from the White House on Saturday morning, while the crowd cheered.
Many participants came from other cities; Biden won by about 95% of the capital. A few masks can be seen in the March attendees as they cover many more industries in Washington going beyond plywood that rode through the windows amid summer protests against injustice, and for fear of potential election-related violence, which is largely not. Physical.
One week ago, when the election was called for Biden, a large number of his supporters gathered outside the White House for a silly celebration.
Trump officials are urging agencies not to help the transition, with members of Congress from the president’s party, as well as their own former chief of staff, urging Biden to provide crucial intelligence briefings and access to key resources.
The Biden team has insisted for its part that it is moving forward with the formation of the next administration in Trump’s weak days, and announced transition teams for key agencies this week. On Wednesday, Biden named Ron Klein, a longtime adviser under the Obama administration, as his chief of staff.
On Friday evening, Trump spoke from the Rose Garden in his first public address since losing the election, taking credit for a promising coronavirus vaccine, while at the same time ignoring the rising death toll from the epidemic.
By Friday, several rallies starting around noon on Saturday, mostly organized online, had applied for permits from the National Parks Service to save a “Woman for America First” event, according to the Washington Post. But opposition groups are also expected to gather.
On Saturday afternoon, as the march approached the Supreme Court near the White House, counters and Trump supporters, as well as members of an extremist group, were proud to paint their trademarks black and yellow. Officers intervened.
Cindy Chafia of Woman for America spoke to the first crowd, mocking Washington’s COVID-19 guide. “Wear a mask, unless you’re with family – hello, family,” she said with a laugh. She blamed the scattering on “opposition groups”.
“Just ignore them,” he said. “We’re talking people, and they’re scared … we’re not here for violence.”
A small group of Biden supporters also went out to greet Trump at a golf club in Virginia on Saturday with “Biden-Harris” signs. One read: “We voted. You are fired. ”
