After the US state of Texas filed a high-profile lawsuit against the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin to challenge the election results, 17 more states have officially expressed their support for the case in the Supreme Court. In addition, President Donald Trump has filed to personally join the complainant and challenge his loss: “This is the big one. Our country needs a victory! ”
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Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah en West Virginia hebben zich in an official document Have declared complainant Texas “sympathizers” who support the cause and want to help. Trump thanked the states – all of which have a Republican Attorney General – via Twitter.
It was Ken Paxton, the Republican Attorney General of Texas, himself accused of bribery, who sued at the US Supreme Court. According to him, the four states made “illegal” changes to their election procedures, opening the door to massive fraud, requiring Joe Biden’s already certified election victories to be annulled. Texas also asked to postpone the deadline to officially confirm the electoral votes, which is now on December 14.
Donald Trump applauded the case, calling Texas “brave and brilliant”, among other things. Meanwhile, he has an official application submitted to personally join the complainant Texas as an interested party. In his motivation, Trump insists that there was massive fraud.
He said on Twitter that “we will INTERVENE” in the matter. “This is the big one. Our country needs a victory! ”