Electoral College set to officially elect Biden
Trump says legal challenges ‘not over’
The Electoral College is set to formally cast their ballots today to make the election of Joe Biden official following a string of legal challenges filed by the Trump campaign and rejected by the courts contesting the results in the swing states on issues surrounding the use of absentee and mail-in ballots.
Trump vowed to continue the fight Sunday, declaring the legal challenges are “not over.”
“We keep going and we’re going to continue to go forward,” Trump said during an interview on “Fox and Friends.”
Trump’s most-high profile defeat in the courts came late Friday when the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general and supported by more than 100 GOP members of Congress challenging the results in the 2020 election’s four key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania — won by the president in 2016 but turned blue by Biden in November.
“We have numerous local cases,”
Trump said, adding that the election was “rigged” and “robbed from us.”
Two challenges have been rejected by the Supreme Court while numerous others filed in state and lower federal courts have been dismissed time and time again with judges finding no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander on Sunday was asked if there was any doubt who won the presidential election.
“Shouldn’t be after Monday,” Alexander said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “The states have counted, certified their votes. Courts have resolved the disputes. It looks very much like the electors will vote for Joe Biden.”
Alexander added that he hopes Trump “puts the country first … and he congratulates the president-elect, and helps him get off to a good start, especially in the middle of this pandemic.”
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday said the Republican Party must “face the facts” of the election’s outcome.
“Republicans now need to say, ‘Thank you Mr. President for your service. Thank you for the good things you did while you were in office that we agree with,’ ” Christie said on ABC’s “This Week.” “And we now need to move on to make sure that we’re stating Republican principles that matter to the people of this country.”
Biden on Monday is expected to deliver remarks in Delaware on the Electoral College vote certification and “the strength and resilience of our democracy.”
In Massachusetts Electoral College proceedings at the State House, 10 of the 11 electors are expected to attend, with one position vacant due to the recent death of Ronald Valerio of Auburn. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin will preside over the selection of an eleventh elector to fill the vacancy.