Trump vows election challenges ‘not over’ yet
US President Donald Trump reiterates that his legal battle to overturn the results of the November 3 presidential election is not yet over.
Trump has relentlessly promoted claims that the election was riddled with fraud and that he could not otherwise have lost to his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.
His campaign has mounted multiple legal challenges in key swing states in an attempt to overturn the results. Most of the lawsuits have been rejected in courts.
The Supreme Court on Friday delivered yet another blow to the Trump campaign when it rejected a long-shot Texas lawsuit seeking to toss the results in four battleground states.
In an interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend,” the president was asked whether his challenges to election results were over after the Supreme Court’s decision.
“No, it's not over. We keep going and we're going to continue to go forward,” Trump insisted.
Trump lashed out at Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Texas, for refusing to overturn Biden’s victory in his state. The president also accused the governor of harming Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in their January 5 runoffs for the Senate.
“We have a governor, Republican governor that’s worse than a Democrat, he’s terrible and he’s hurting Kelly and David very badly, the senators that are terrific people,” Trump added.
The comments came shortly after several thousand of ardent Trump supporters descended on Washington DC on Saturday. The rallies turned violent and sporadic clashes broke out between Trump supporters and counter-protesters. Police reported that four people were stabbed and at least 23 were arrested.
The 538 members of the Electoral College are scheduled to vote for president and vice president on Monday, marking another step toward making Biden's victory official.
The vote is traditionally little more than a formality. However, this year – in light of Trump’s claims of fraud -- the vote comes at a critical moment for America’s democratic institutions.
The president was asked by Fox News whether the meeting of the electors, who are expected to elect Biden on Monday, would affect his legal challenges.
“I don’t know. We’re going to speed it up as much as we can. But you can only go so fast. They give us very little time,” Trump said.
Election experts, local and state officials and Attorney General Bill Barr have all said there is no indication of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
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