President Trump has not admitted defeat in the Nov. 3 presidential election, but his remaining options to achieve re-election are dwindling. There are suggestions that the vote margins in the swing states have widened and that it will be difficult to reverse the current results, even if huge sums of money are raised from supporters and court battles are launched. Even within the ruling Republican Party there is a perception that the election results will not change.
“This is a stolen election”, Trump tweeted on November 8 (Twitter), quoting former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich who said there were irregularities in this presidential election. Biden, a Democrat, declared victory, but Trump refused to declare defeat, citing fraud in the election.
Trump’s few remaining tools to get re-elected are court battles. Trump’s counselor, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, noted in an 8-day Fox News interview that up to 10 states are suspected of fraud. He advocated invalidating up to 900,000 votes by filing a lawsuit in Eastern Pennsylvania, where Biden is currently solidly in the lead, raising the perception that Trump will win the state. It also says that Republican-affiliated witnesses in charge of overseeing election irregularities were denied proper surveillance at the counting point, among other things.
Another tactic was to demand a recount. The Trump camp filed for a recount in Midwestern Wisconsin, and a recount in southern Georgia, where the margin is slim, is likely. If there were errors in the initial count, Trump’s vote could increase. Pennsylvania is also likely to have voters file for a recount. Since no evidence of suspected irregularities would need to be presented, Trump supporters would demand a recount.
According to Reuters, Trump’s election camp, which faces a shortage of funds, hopes to raise $60 million to fill the funds needed for lawsuits and recounts.
Within the Republican Party, the court battle to expose suspected fraud and the recount is accepted, but there is also a view that Biden’s certain election will not be swayed. Senator Roy Blunt, the Republican leader, said in an 8-day ABC interview that “it doesn’t appear to be serious enough that any changes (around the ballot) are going to have an impact on the outcome”.
In southern Georgia, where the likelihood of a recount has increased, Biden won by 10,000 votes. Professor Stephen Ansolabehere of Harvard University noted that “the difference (through a recount) would only be about 500 votes at most”, arguing that it would be difficult for Trump to reverse course.
From the Republican side, the runoff vote for the federal Senate election in Georgia, which determines whether the party can account for a majority of the Senate, will come in January 2021. If there is a confrontation with Trump, who is popular with Republican supporters, there is a risk of a negative impact on the runoff vote, so there is an atmosphere that makes it difficult to oppose Trump head-on.
Going forward, the Trump family’s movements will also be watched. Although CNN (CNN) reported that the president’s wife Melania and son-in-law, senior adviser to the president Kushner that Trump should admit defeat. However, Melania 8 tweeted that “all legal votes should be counted that did not break the law”, in line with Trump. Trump camp senior officials also denied the Kushner urged to declare defeat this report, information confusion. U.S. media reported that Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr. and second son, Eric, called for a court battle.
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