President Donald Trump s supporters have descended on the nation s capital to cheer his baseless claims of election fraud ahead of a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden s election victory. The president is expected to personally address his supporters during a Wednesday morning rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. Just blocks from the White House, protesters many without masks gathered in Freedom Plaza on Tuesday to decry the vote in the Electoral College. As temperatures dropped to the low 40s and a steady rain swept onto the streets, hundreds remained in the plaza into nightfall. I m just here to support the president, said David Wideman, a 45-year-old firefighter who travelled from Memphis, Tennessee.
President Donald Trump s extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week s joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College results. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Republicans not to try to overturn the election, but not everyone is heeding him. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri vows to join House Republicans in objecting to the state tallies. On the other side of the party s split, GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska warns such challenges are a dangerous ploy threatening the nation s civic norms. Caught in the middle is Vice President Mike Pence, who faces growing pressure and a lawsuit from Trump s allies over his ceremonial role in presiding over the session Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that his supporters are planning to hold a rally in the US capital of Washington on January 6 to protest against the result of the 2020 presidential election. The BIG Protest Rally in Washington, D.C., will take place at 11.00 A.M. on January 6th. Locational details to follow. StopTheSteal!, Trump wrote on his Twitter account. In another tweet, he wrote Massive amounts of evidence will be presented on the 6th. We won, BIG! According to Sputnik, Women for America First, the organization that had initiated the rally, called on Americans to join the rally to ensure the integrity of the 2020 election.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) criticized his Republican colleagues and President Trump for what he said were attempts to discredit the 2020 presidential election results.
Read more about Donald Trump to return to White House early from Florida vacation on Business Standard. President Donald Trump is cutting short his Florida holiday vacation and returning to Washington on Thursday, one day earlier than expected for reasons the White House didn t explain