December 1, 2020, 11:08 am
Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results are definitely starting to get embarrassing after Arizona officially declared Joe Biden the winner of the state on Monday. With Georgia being one of the last swing states still trying to certify a winner, Trump has set his desperate sights on it and Governor Brian Kemp.
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Upon retweeting an article from a fringe website claiming to have received a “tip” that voting machines in the state had been moved against a court order, Trump demanded that Kemp “do something” that includes “call off election.”
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It’s unclear which election Trump is referring to here as the runoff elections for two Georgia Senate races are well underway. It wouldn’t make sense to call of either of these elections regardless of what happens with the presidential vote count, but you also can’t call off an election that already largely happened. Plus, how can you win an election that was called off?
Georgia is still conducting a second recount of the votes after the margin between candidates settled at just 0.2 percent. The first recount didn’t change that margin, as recounts rarely do. The Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger even defended these results as accurate and reflecting the will of the people.
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“Working as an engineer throughout my life, I live by the motto that numbers don’t lie,” he said on November 20. “As secretary of state, I believe that the numbers that we have presented today are correct. The numbers reflect the verdict of the people, not a decision by the secretary of state’s office or of courts or of either campaign.”
Trump, who has signaled that he will accept the results that come down from the Electoral College on December 14, would likely be better off focusing on the senate runoffs. If Republicans lose both races, the Senate will be split 50-50 with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris providing the tie-breaking vote.
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Regardless, Trump’s battle against the election results has made him so unpopular even among Republicans that it looks like neither Kemp nor Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan want to be around him. In a CNN interview, Duncan said that he has a “full day” scheduled when asked if he would be around when Trump comes to help with the senate races on Saturday. He wouldn’t commit Kemp to being around, either.
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One is the loneliest number…
*First Published: December 1, 2020, 11:08 am
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