Reporter : Gu Fan / Editor: Li Jia / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/11/08/a102982187.html / Direct translation
Image : On November 5, President Trump held a press conference to accuse the Democratic Party of cheating in the general election. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Although the US media announced that Biden is projected to be elected as the next president, President Trump is continuing to push for legal challenges. The Republican Party is waiting for a Supreme Court ruling that may turn things around.
Trump still leads North Carolina. Biden's lead in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada is increasing but Trump insisted that those leading advantages were caused by illegal votes.
Trump tweeted on November 7: "Observers are not allowed to enter the counting room. I won the general election and got 71,000,000 legal votes. But some bad things happened that our observers were not allowed to see."
Before the media announced Biden's victory, many Republican leaders supported Trump and refused to admit defeat.
Senate Majority Leader Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell tweeted: "Every legal vote should be counted. No illegal vote can be counted... The court will use the law to resolve disputes."
House Minority Leader Kevin Owen McCarthy said, "The matter is far from over. Republicans will not avoid this battle."
Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican of Texas, started a controversy with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, accusing Pennsylvania of "violating the law, ignoring court orders, secretly counting votes, and threatening to steal the presidency."
"I'm standing with President Trump tonight." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Friday.
The Republican Party supports Trump in continuing the legal battle and appeals to the public for donations to help this action.
After Biden claimed to have won the election, except for two Republicans who expressed acceptance of the result, the other Republicans remained silent.
Republicans filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court, demanding that votes received after the election day be excluded. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on this. The ruling may be released in the next few days.
The ruling may change the election results in Pennsylvania and other states. Pennsylvania law says that votes received after election day should not be counted. The Republicans claimed that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had abused its power and extended this year's deadline by three days.
If the Supreme Court’s ruling is in favor of Trump, Trump may win Pennsylvania. If this ruling is extended to other states, the results of other states may also be reversed.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pointed out in his legal opinion that Penn’s practice violated the Constitution: "The Penn State Supreme Court issued a blatant change to the provisions of the Penn State Legislature. The Pennsylvania State Assembly is authorized by the U.S. Constitution Set the rules for federal elections."
Alito and the other two justices, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, agree that Pennsylvania’s problems are serious. They pointed out that this issue is of national importance, "it is very likely that the Penn State Supreme Court’s decision violated the Federal Constitution."
Alito urged the Supreme Court to make a ruling on the matter as soon as possible. But some other justices believe that the Supreme Court of the United States should not intervene and that this issue should be resolved by the state courts. Chief Justice John Roberts, considered a swing vote, advocated postponing the Penn State litigation decision until after the election.
But Trump's newly appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett may subvert Roberts' plan. In the last time the Supreme Court ruled on the Pennsylvania lawsuit, Barrett had not yet joined the Supreme Court. Now, the case is still under discussion in the Supreme Court.
On Saturday night, Nevada's balloting results indicated that Trump was 27,480 votes behind Biden. The Trump team accused the state’s elections of tricks, such as ballots from non-state residents and improperly set up signature verification software.
In Arizona, Trump significantly narrowed the gap with Biden. As of Saturday night, the gap was only 18,610 votes, which is about 0.6% of the total. However, because the state stipulates that the gap must be less than 0.1% to start the recount, the current gap is not enough to start the recount.
In Georgia, only a 0.5% difference is needed to initiate a recount. Biden's current lead is only 0.2%. The Trump team is also seeking a recount in Wisconsin.
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