Within hours of the United States Congress beginning the final counting of electoral votes to confirm Joe Biden’s victory as president-elect, Donald Trump warned that “will never concede” and reiterated pressure on Republican congressmen and Vice President Mike Pence to block the vote count.
Before thousands of protesters gathered in Washington DC participating in the march Save America (Save America, in English), He assured that he spoke with Pence to insist on annulling Biden’s victory. However, the Constitution obliges Pence, in his dual role as president of the Senate, to announce as the winner the candidate who received the required votes to become president, and it is not in his power to reject the electoral votes that have already been assigned.
“I hope Mike does the right thing. If Mike Pence does the right thing, we will win the election, “Trump told supporters in a speech that began an hour late. “All Vice President Pence has to do is send him back [los votos] to the states to recertify it and I will become president. “
If the vice president does not comply with this requirement, he said, “it will be a very sad day for the country.”
Trump also lashed out at Republican congressmen who have not supported his allegations of alleged electoral fraud, whom I call “weak leaders” and “pathetic”. In addition, he asked Congress to give priority to an electoral reform.
If there is no resistance from Pence and Republicans in Congress to the electoral vote count for Biden, “we will never forget it,” he warned.
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Fascist and far-right groups related to President Trump participate in today’s march. threatened to bear arms and incite violence. In the protest held last night, also in the capital, there were several arrests precisely for illegal possession of weapons and acts of aggression against the police.
Several arrests in Washington DC on the eve of the great electoral protest in favor of Trump
Six people They were arrested at 9 pm (Eastern time) in Washington, DC during demonstrations on Tuesday in support of President Trump, the Washington DC Metropolitan Police reported.
The protesters were denounced on multiple charges, such as carry firearms without a license, possession of unregistered ammunition and were charged with assaulting a police officer.
The rallies in support of the outgoing president featured a series of conservative speakers and drew crowds who traveled to the nation’s capital ahead of the Electoral College vote count on Wednesday.
Although the formal events ended early Tuesday, the protesters remained in the street until late at night, with videos on social media showing some clashes with the police.
The outgoing president has repeatedly tried to reverse his defeat both through lawsuits and attempts to convince state legislatures to ignore the vote in their states and appoint pro-Trump voters.
[Pese a las acciones legales republicanas y las denuncias de Trump, no existen evidencias de fraude generalizado]
In his latest attempt, the Republican president has tried to cheer his supporters with the Jan.6 count, claiming it presents an opportunity for Congress to revoke the election. With Democrats controlling the House of Representatives and dozens of Republican senators opposing Trump’s unfounded theories, that plot is also doomed to failure.
Still, Trump’s most ardent supporters have heeded his call. Anticipating potential violence, Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, it mobilized the National Guard and increased the police presence.
The nation’s capital has seen equally large and sometimes chaotic protests earlier this year after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police.
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