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President Trump cast his ire at “weak Republicans” less than an hour before Congress begins the formal process of certifying the election for Joe Biden.
He told the crowd of supporters he would be using the term “weak Republicans” going forward.
“There’s so many weak Republicans and we have great ones, Jim Jordan. These guys they’re out there, the House guys are fighting, but it’s incredible. Many of the Republicans, I helped them get in, I helped them get elected. I helped Mitch get elected. I helped, I could name 24 of them, let’s say, I won’t bore you with it. And then all of a sudden you have something like this and it’s like, oh, gee, maybe I’ll talk to the President sometime later,” Trump said.
“Now it’s amazing: the weak Republicans, the pathetic Republicans, and that’s what happens,” he said.
The Republican party, Trump said, is “constantly fighting with their hands tied behind their back… and we’re going to have to fight much harder, and Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesn’t that will be a sad day for our country.”
Trump went on to thank the “warriors” who will contest the election results today.
Remember: While some GOP lawmakers are expected to object to some states’ electoral results, those objections will not change the results of the election. Every Democrat and some Republicans will reject the challenges in both chambers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Additionally, Despite Trump’s allegations about the 2020 election, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and there is no evidence that electors from the electoral college were fraudulently chosen, as all states have certified their elections.
Trump also suggested he could join the protesters walking from the Ellipse to Capitol Hill. He named the dozen Senators who will object — “Senators who have stepped up, we want to thank them,” he said.
“We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol. And we’re gonna cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. And we’re probably not going to be cheering, so much for some of them, because you’ll never take back our country with weakness, you have to show strength and you have to be strong,” Trump said.