Daily US Times: Even after senior Republicans began to distance themselves from him, Donald Trump refused to formally concede the US election on Saturday.
Before the race was called, the Republican President continued to tweet his defiance and to attract censure for making baseless claims and accusations about voter fraud and his supposed victory. He also went to his course in Virginia to play golf. While Donald Trump played, a defiant statement was issued in his name. Many Trump aides urged the president to concede.
Trump insisted: “The simple fact is this election is far from over.”
“Joe Biden has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor,” his statement added.
The statement was of a piece with previous statements and tweets since the election day – angry, refusing to admit defeat and alleging improprieties by his opponent without providing evidence.
“The American people are entitled to an honest election,” Donald Trump said.
“That means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots. This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election,” he added.
None of what the US President alleged has been proved to be true. Nonetheless, Trump campaign’s legal challenges in key states are set to continue. Leading the effort to marshal a legal force like that which led the party to victory in the 2000 Florida recount were Donald Trump Jr and his younger brother Eric Trump, Jared Kushner and the former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, recently seen apparently trying to seduce a young actor posing as a reporter in Sacha Baron Cohen’s second Borat movie.
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