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President Donald Trump pushed his hopeless case to overturn the election results in front of a crowd of supporters on Wednesday when Congress was prepared to put together the election votes that would preside over the election of Pres.
Trump has been telling false stories for two months about the outcome of the election in an attempt to promote Biden’s victory. He is not retiring now, on a day of reckoning that is in full swing to alleviate his defeat, despite the plans of some of his allies in Congress to provoke the certification of the results of the election college.
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He also drives unfounded theories about the two Senate elections Tuesday in Georgia, where the Democrats got a seat and the other game is too early to call.
An example of Trump’s claims from a Washington rally and on Twitter.
President Donald Trump is coming to Washington on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 to speak.
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TRUMP, on the election results: “If Mike Pence does the right thing, we’ll win the election.” – rally.
TRUMP: Pence “must agree to send it back.” – rally.
TRUMP: ‘All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN. Do it Mike, it’s a time for extreme courage! ‘- tweet Wednesday.
THE FACTS: It’s a fantasy. Vice President Mike Pence has no authority under the Constitution, congressional rules, the law or use to refer the results back to the states. He does not have the right to do what Trump calls ‘the right thing’.
Pence will chair the congressional vote of the Electoral College and perform his ceremonial duty to announce who has won the majority of votes for president and vice president. Whatever sympathetic words he may utter for Trump’s grievances, Pence has no way of avoiding the certification of Biden as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president.
According to people close to him, he is also not expected to try, despite pressure from Trump to do so.
Biden won 306 votes to Trump’s 232. It takes 270 to win the presidency.
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TRUMP, about the states: “They want to recertify.” – rally.
TRUMP: “The States want to redo their votes. They found out they were voting on a FRAUD. Legislators were never approved. Let them do it. BE STRONG! “- tweeted Wednesday.
THE FACTS: This is also false. All states confirmed their results as fair and accurate, a statement made by Republican and Democratic officials. There is no prospect of a do-over. Nor was there a sudden revelation of deception.
State and federal election officials and Trump’s own attorney general said no systematic fraud was found in the election and that there are no errors on the scale that could change the outcome. Judges have widely agreed, whether appointed by Republicans or Democrats. And Trump has thrown two challenges through the Supreme Court, which include three Trump-nominated judges.
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TRUMP: “We did not lose.” – rally.
THE FACTS: He lost.
Biden won by the same margin of the Electoral College as Trump did in 2016 – a result that Trump called a landslide when he won it.
Unlike Trump, Biden also won the popular vote.
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Trump supporters take part in a rally on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Washington. As Congress prepares to confirm the election of President Joe Biden, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless allegations of electoral fraud. The president is expected to address a rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House.
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TRUMP, with reference to Georgia: “They found 50,000 ballots late last night alone.” – tweet Wednesday.
TRUMP: ‘They seem to be setting up a huge’ voter drop ‘against the Republican candidates. Are you waiting to see how many votes they need? “- tweet Tuesday night.
THE FACTS: No, election officials in Georgia did not just “find” 50,000 ballots or manipulate “voter waste” to the detriment of Republicans.
It is typical that large numbers of results are announced on election night and the next morning, with clues often changing.
On Tuesday, for example, Floyd County, Georgia, a Republican stronghold, announced all of its results at once, giving the GOP candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue an early boost. Such results were later opposed when densely populated provinces, which often favored democratic candidates, announced their numbers.
Loeffler eventually lost to Democrat Raphael Warnock, leaving the race between Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff undecided.
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