President Donald Trump commented on the 2020 election at the Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit.
He says the next administration “will really benefit” from the work done under Operation Warp Speed to deliver a vaccine in record time, achieving the promise President Trump made to the American people.
“And hopefully the next administration will be the Trump administration, because you can’t steal hundreds of thousands of votes, you can’t have fraud and deception and all of the things that they did,” said Trump.
The president’s legal team and Republicans have filed more than 50 lawsuits in contested states.
He says the numbers just do not add up.
“I received almost 75 million votes, the highest number of votes in the history of our country for a sitting president, 12 million more than the 63 million we received 4 years ago. President Obama received 3 million less in his second term, and he won easily,” said Trump.
Many allegations surround the widespread and unprecedented use of mail-in ballots during this year’s election.
The incoming chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, Representative Jim Banks, recently said expanding mail-in voting had been high on the agenda for Democrats since they took control of the House in 2019.
President Trump mentioned the surveillance video footage played during a Georgia state legislature hearing last week. It allegedly shows ballot boxes kept under tables and ballots being counted late at night without observers present.
“With thousands of ballots coming out from under tables, with all of the terrible things you saw, all you have to do is take a look, and if somebody has the courage, I know who the next administration will be,” said Trump.
The Trump team is looking to state legislatures to pick alternate Electoral College electors who would vote for President Trump if voter fraud is proven to be true. This may well involve a Supreme Court decision.
“Whether it’s a legislator or legislatures or whether it’s a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court. Let’s see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right,” said Trump.
An election integrity watchdog says the current Electoral College deadlines have zero constitutional basis. But it says the deadline may prevent states from fulfilling their legal and ethical obligations to ensure free and fair elections.
The study by The Amistad Project of the nonpartisan Thomas More Society states, “The only Electoral College deadline specifically required by the Constitution is noon on January 20th.”
The Electoral College will meet on Dec. 14 next Monday, and electors will cast their presidential votes.
