President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to promise the nation new election protests when Congress meets next month to certify his loss in the 2020 election.
“Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. Great protest in DC on January 6. Be there, it will be wild! ” Trump said.
In a follow-up tweet, he urged GOP Congress leaders to continue to hold the line and not to recognize Joe Biden as the winner, something they have increasingly refused to do since Biden’s victory in the polling station last week. .
“[Joe Biden] he did not win the election. He lost all 6 Swing States, by far. They then poured hundreds of thousands of votes into each and were trapped. Now Republican politicians must fight so that their great victory is not stolen. Don’t be weak fools! Trump said.
Both tweets were quickly tagged by Twitter with “data checks” intended to undermine the president’s claims.
After the “March MAGA” protests in Washington DC last week, clashes between Antifa riots and members of the proud Proud Boys erupted and resulted in dozens of arrests and at least four stab wounds.
The joint session of the Congress that will meet on January 6 to certify the vote of the Electoral College is mostly a formality and the final path of President-elect Biden to the White House is already set. While members of Congress have the right to raise objections, with some like Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks saying they will, experts doubt it has any influence on the outcome.