President Donald Trump is running out of options for contesting the election as two legal challenges were rejected by the Supreme Court last week, and the Electoral College is slated to vote on Monday.
Former President George W. Bush’s deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, was asked on “Fox News Sunday” if he believes Trump will continue to contest the election.
“Well, I believe that he will,” Rove said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see tomorrow that there are maybe attempts to disrupt the voting in the six contested states. I wouldn’t be surprised to see expressions of public support for the president’s position from Trump electors in states that he carried.”
He continued, “I wouldn’t be surprised; on January 6, I fully expect that one senator and one representative at a minimum — that’s what’s required — can file a statement contesting the Electoral College results. But I don’t see that it’s going to be overturned tomorrow, and I don’t see that’s going to be overturned on January 6.”
Host Chris Wallace also asked Rove if he believes Trump is helping or hurting himself.
He said, “The answer to that depends on what’s his goal? If his goal is to lay the predicate to come back in 2024 and run again, he’s helping himself at least gain the nomination. But, I think in the long run, he’s not helping himself or the country.”
“America likes comebacks, but they don’t like sore losers. And he is on the edge of looking like a sore loser and probably will look like it after January 6,” Rove added.
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— Peter Wade (@brooklynmutt) December 13, 2020
With dozens of lawsuits tossed out and the Electoral College scheduled to vote on December 14, Trump’s options for overturning the election appear to be narrowing.
However, he has continued to make baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud and has refused to concede the election.
Despite facing pressure to wind down his battle to overturn the results, Trump has vowed to “fight on” and maintained that the election was “rigged.”
