“People will remember the people we do not support,” Trump said at the joint sitting of Congress Wednesday, when lawmakers will vote to confirm the election of President Bid’s Electoral College.
Trump spoke at a rally here about members of his party who refused to support his bid to reverse Biden’s victory in November, and continued to promote lies that the election had been stolen from him – and had relatively little spent time speaking out to the current senators whose expiration was. elections take place on Tuesday.
He promised to campaign in 2022 against the Government of Georgia, Brian Kemp, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for ratifying Biden’s victory in the state, and he praised the Republicans who plan to challenge the election college’s results in Congress this week.
And while praising Loeffler and Perdue, Trump spent most of his time furious that the November 3 election was fraudulent – firing a warning shot at Republican lawmakers ahead of Wednesday’s certification on Capitol Hill.
“We have caused a lot of corrupt things to happen,” the president said. “One thing I learned about Republicans, they have problems. But do you know a problem they do not have? They never forget. They never forget. And people are going to find out. ”
The crowd that attended the demonstration, which took place on the tarmac of the municipal airport here, was most energetic when Trump discussed his election challenges and thought about supporting a primary challenger against the governor. At one point, a group of fans chanted, “F — you, Kemp!”
Many of Trump’s telepompter lines were about Loeffler and Perdue, two of his biggest supporters in Congress. But when he goes beyond the shackles, it’s mostly about his attempt to thwart the outcome of the election.
“I do not hold rallies for other people,” the president later said. “I do it for me.”
It was his second campaign since Biden was declared the winner of the election.
“This may be the most important voice you will cast for the rest of your life,” Trump said. “It could really be. This is so important. ”
He has repeatedly attacked Kemp and Raffensperger – fellow Republicans for whom Trump campaigned in 2018 and whom he regularly opposed for refuting his efforts to contest the election. The protest took place a few days after Trump called Raffensperger to try to “find” additional votes that could cause the state to fall in his favor. The phone call, the recording of which leaked Sunday, even shocked officials in Washington and Atlanta leading to talk of criminal investigations.
Trump said Kemp and Raffensperger were “terrified” of Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic lawmaker in Georgia, who elected him as governor against Kemp in 2018. His promise to return to the state to fight them reinforces the complete 180-degree turn of his support only two years earlier. It also showcased his sense of betrayal by those he thought he would remain loyal to through his election challenge.
Trump also expressed his disappointment in the Supreme Court for refusing to hear a long-running lawsuit to challenge the election results in a number of key states – especially as his numerous federal court appointments, including three Supreme Court justices, consistently discussion point was. his re-election campaign.
During the launch of Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Monday, Trump said he was “a little angry” with the senator, who acknowledged Biden’s election victory last month.
“I just want Mike Lee to listen to what we’re talking about, because you know what, we need his voice,” Trump said.
Trump even warned Vice President Mike Pence that he better “go through for us” when he presides over Congress and counts Electoral College on Wednesday.
“Of course, if he does not go through, I will not like him that much,” Trump said. He tried to soften the remark as a joke.
Trump’s protest was in contrast to a Biden campaign in the state earlier Monday, in which the elected Democratic president emphasized the policy priorities at stake. There, Biden bound the victories by Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to push through Covid legal aid legislation, including $ 2,000 stimulus checks.
But in his praise of Loeffler and Perdue, Trump instead focused on their loyalty. He also praised other Republicans loyal to his cause, including sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas, who also said they would contest the outcome of the College of Elections in Congress.
During Loeffler’s brief appearance on the rally stage, she emphasized that her loyalty to the president was out of the question. She announced during the rally that she, along with some of her Republican counterparts, would participate in the vote on the election college on Wednesday, eliciting loud cheers from the audience.
“This president fought for us. We fight for him. “He put America first,” Loeffler said. “Georgia, we are the firewall for socialism.”