Mulvaney Rips Trump’s Effort To Overturn the Election: More of a ‘PR Campaign’
President Donald Trump is not giving up on his effort to overturn the election as he faces the rapidly advancing date for Congress to certify the election results. On Sunday, his campaign filed a petition with the…
President Donald Trump is not giving up on his effort to overturn the election as he faces the rapidly advancing date for Congress to certify the election results.
On Sunday, his campaign filed a petition with the Supreme Court to reverse three Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions related to mail-in balloting laws.
However, his former acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, doubts the earnestness of the effort. During an appearance on Fox Business on Monday, he was asked by host Maria Bartiromo if the last attempt is a “potential win” for Trump.
“Potentially, sure,” Mulvaney said, adding, “But, I think we have to be honest with ourselves, no one’s been impressed with the results of the legal team up till now. It’s been run mostly as a PR campaign, it seems, not a serious legal inquiry.”
He continued, “I know the president’s going to continue to use every tool available to him. That’s to be expected under the circumstances for sure.”
However, he argued it is important that Republicans maintain control of the Senate so that there can be investigations into Trump’s allegations of widespread fraud in the election.
“I know a lot of attention goes to the legal efforts, but the political efforts are just as important if not more so at this stage,” he added.
Voters in Georgia will decide the balance of power in the upper chamber on January 5, when they cast ballots in a pair of special elections for the state’s two Senate seats.