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Trump Persists in Bid to Upend Biden Victory

Ken Bredemeier

   U.S. President Donald Trump pushed ahead Thursday with his long-shot
   effort to upend his reelection loss to President-elect Joe Biden,
   meeting at the White House with Republican state attorneys general who
   are supporting a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas at the Supreme
   Court to attempt to invalidate millions of votes in states won by
   Biden.

   Several legal experts were dismissive of the lawsuit's chances of
   success, but Trump said on Twitter, "The Supreme Court has a chance to
   save our Country from the greatest Election abuse in the history of the
   United States."

     The Supreme Court has a chance to save our Country from the greatest
     Election abuse in the history of the United States. 78% of the
     people feel (know!) the Election was RIGGED.
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]December 10, 2020

   Twitter said Trump's "claim about election fraud is disputed," along
   with another contending the November 3 vote was the "Most corrupt
   Election in history, by far. We won!!!"

     Great. Most corrupt Election in history, by far. We won!!!
     [2]https://t.co/nGMMaRQmz8
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [3]December 10, 2020

   But Trump, after losing dozens of court challenges to Biden victories
   in political battleground states, has focused his bid to retain power
   on the Texas case, which was brought to the country's top court by one
   of his supporters, state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

   Paxton's suit seeks to throw out the results in four key states that
   Biden won -- Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin --with a
   total of 62 electoral votes. The Electoral College, not the national
   popular vote, determines the winner in U.S. presidential elections,
   with 270 electoral votes needed to secure a majority.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1337040387349893121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/nGMMaRQmz8
   3. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1337052585547755523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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