Increasingly frustrated Trump redoubles efforts to challenge election result Updated: December 21, 2020 Published December 21, 2020
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Print article WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has intensified efforts to overturn the election, raising the idea of radical measures in recent days, including military intervention, seizing voting machines and a 13th-hour appeal to the Supreme Court. On Sunday, Trump said in a radio interview that he had spoken with Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., about challenging the electoral vote count when the House and Senate convene on Jan. 6 to formally affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. “He’s so excited,” Trump said of Tuberville. “He said, ‘You made me the most popular politician in the United States.’ He said, ‘I can’t believe it.’ He’s great. Great senator.”
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US President Donald Trump has intensified efforts to overturn the election, raising the idea of radical measures in recent days, including military intervention, seizing voting machines and a 13th-hour appeal to the Supreme Court. He s so excited, Trump said of Tuberville. He said, You made me the most popular politician in the United States. He said, I can t believe it. He s great. Great senator. Tuberville s campaign did not respond to a request for comment on Trump s statement, which the president made in an interview with Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, on New York s WABC radio station.
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