First is the states' certifications of their results. Second is the selection of electors.
Trump is trying to overturn the election results. I doubt he’ll be successful. But I don’t know it for sure.
In the coming weeks, I’ll be watching two things:
1. Certifications
2. GOP state legislators and
First is the states' certifications of their results. Second is the selection of electors.
Trump's only hope is to upset the apple cart on one or both. Blocking or delaying certifications somehow, or getting partisan GOP state legislators in states Biden won to appoint Trump electors.
Raffensperger is being pressured from the right, but he's pushed back so far
https://t.co/tMG9f4Eumg
These lawsuits seem weak so far. But watch if judges start to take any of them seriously.
https://t.co/aHYWd83dvI
But the risk, many have long argued, is that GOP state legislators, will try to make a move here
But now, facing "pressure" to overturn the results, he's hedging that statement, saying that's in "normal circumstances"
"You either have to toss this election out and have a whole new election, or we have our delegates to the Electoral College vote for the person they think legitimately should have won"
https://t.co/kCUStGwE7F
But we'll have to see if that changes in the weeks ahead as the pressure rises.
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