Former President Donald Trump said he ‘shouldn’t have left’ the White House at the end of his term after losing the 2020 election. ‘I shouldn’t have left, honestly,’ said the tycoon this Sunday during a rally in Lititz. Pennsylvania. “We did it so well, we had such a good…” he cut off without finishing his sentence, continuing: “Now, in every polling station, there are hundreds of lawyers.” The lawyers the tycoon is referring to are his own, who have already begun challenging votes in the key state of Pennsylvania.
Trump’s comment comes amid a push by Republicans to spin theories about voter fraud ahead of Tuesday, should Kamala Harris win. This Saturday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Republicans who sought to limit the vote count in the case. swing state. In recent days, Trump has assured that in Pennsylvania, “cheating” is already present in the electoral process, even though in this state none of the votes – not even those sent by mail – begin to be counted before the close of the poll . stations.
This Sunday’s statement raises even more concern after Trump said at another rally in July that if he won the election, there would be no need to celebrate his return to the polls again. “We’re going to fix things so well that you won’t have to vote,” the tycoon then told Christian voters. Trump’s comment also echoes assertions he made to some of his aides just days after losing the 2020 election: that he would not leave the Oval Office.
Four years after his loss to Joe Biden, Trump has still not acknowledged his defeat and has done nothing but continue to fuel the false belief among his supporters that the election was “stolen.” Even his running mate, JD Vance, refused to acknowledge during the vice presidential debate that Trump had lost in 2020. Trump’s denial ultimately led to the storming of the Capitol by an angry mob, which Vance described as a “peaceful protest.” Some of the people who broke into the building that day threatened to hang Vice President Mike Pence, who refused to give in to pressure from Trump not to certify the result.
Democrats have long been preparing for a scenario in which Republicans attempt to overturn Tuesday’s result if they lose. Before the storming of the Capitol, Trump’s legal team filed dozens of complaints challenging the results and all were rejected by the court. After the 2020 experience, the Democrats’ legal team is almost 10 times larger than during the previous campaign. According to NBC, Harris’ top aides are “clearly hopeful” that Trump will declare himself the winner before all the votes have been counted and say they have lawyers across the country ready to fight the GOP’s maneuvers.
Just as one of the speakers at the rally at Madison Square Garden did, who called Harris the “antichrist,” Trump described the Democrats as a “demonic” party. Despite his usual verbal aggression, the tycoon had a hoarse voice this Sunday and explained himself very slowly. The image, more than energetic and vigorous, was that of fatigue. Over the past month, Trump has canceled as many as six public media appearances, according to MNSBC. On some occasions, according to Politico, the Republican campaign team justified the cancellations with Trump’s “exhaustion.”
