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In front of his supporters, Donald Trump says he will “never” concede defeat
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday January 6 that he would “never” concede defeat, two weeks before Democrat Joe Biden took office. Donald Trump arrived almost an hour late to speak to his supporters gathered en masse in the mall. And the president is not giving up. “We will never give up we will never concede”, he launched before denouncing once again major fraud during the ballot. “The elections in the third world are more honest”, he exclaimed before to call on his supporters to march towards Congress where the votes of the large voters must be certified this Wednesday, to congratulate the elected Republican who will try to contest the result of the elections. A maneuver that can not succeed, says our correspondent in Washington, Anne Corpet. Mike Pence refuses to oppose the certification of victory Donald Trump has also strongly attacked the media “the biggest problem we face” , he estimated. He once again argued against the evidence that Vice President Mike Pence, who chairs the Senate, has the power to overturn the ballot boxes in a special session in Congress, and called Republican elected officials “weak” and “pathetic. “. “If Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election,” said the outgoing president. “If he doesn’t, it will be a sad day for our country,” he added, hinting that he doubted the attitude of his number two. Mike Pence nevertheless let it be known that he would not oppose the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory, hiding behind the “constraints” of the Constitution. He made his case in a letter published just before the opening of a special congressional session to officially record the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election. Republicans contest Biden’s victory in Arizona Constitutionally, Mike’s role Pence is strictly protocol: it consists of “opening” the certificates sent by each of the 50 states to transmit the votes of their grand voters. Only elected officials can contest the results. The faithful of Donald Trump did not fail to do so shortly after the opening of the meeting. An elected representative of the House of Representatives and a senator expressed in writing their objections to the results in Arizona, and according to the rules in force, the parliamentarians immediately retired to their respective chambers for debate for up to two hours. They will then vote by simple majority. Objections would have to be adopted in both fora to be upheld, which given the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has no chance of happening. But this procedure could be repeated for other states where the results were tight, like Pennsylvania or Georgia, which will delay the recording of the Democrat’s victory. This will not, however, prevent the president-elect from being sworn in on January 20. Republicans on the verge of losing their majority in the Senate More and more elected officials from his own camp are even beginning to blame the president who is locked in denial, because the Republican Party is about to lose the majority in the Senate. After the senatorial elections which took place on Tuesday in Georgia, Raphael Warnock the pastor of the church where Martin Luther King officiated won, according to the American media. He will be the first black senator from this southern state and Jon Ossof, the other Democratic candidate is in the lead, he has already claimed victory. This double defeat, if confirmed, will give Joe Biden a majority in the Senate. He already has it in the House of Representatives, so it’s a “Grand Slam” for the Democrats. And within the Republican Party, voices are beginning to be heard to criticize Donald Trump’s attitude during the campaign. “Trump is 100% responsible for the defeat of the party in Georgia,” said the Republican head of voting operations in the state.
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