Trump supporters plan DC rally to demand transparency before Electoral College vote Organizers

Publish Date : 2020-12-12

Organizers expect as many as 15,000 of President Donald Trump’s supporters to arrive in the nation’s capital Saturday – just days before Electoral College votes are cast – to protest alleged voter fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election, an unfounded claim also pushed by Trump.

Women for America First, a group of conservative women that organized last month's “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington that drew tens of thousands of people, was granted a permit from the National Park Service on Friday.

Pro-Trump participants will gather at Freedom Plaza and march to the Supreme Court of the United States, according to the permit. Speakers include South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell,former Trump administration national security adviser Mike Flynn, and ex-Trump aide Sebastian Gorka.

Electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., meet in their respective state capitals Monday to formally cast votes for president based on the popular votes in each state. President-elect Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes and Trump stands at 232; a presidential candidate needs 270 of these votes to win.

Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia legally mandate electors vote in accordance with the popular vote, but "faithless" electors have voted for someone other than their candidate. None have ever affected the outcome of the election.

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The demonstration is a way for Trump supporters to express their disillusionment and anger over the election, said Amy Kremer, chair for Women for America First, who is traveling to the nation's capital as part of a two-week, cross-country bus tour.

"We want him to continue to stay strong and fight to expose this voter fraud and demand transparency and election integrity," she said. "The second propose is really to support each other."

Attorney General William Barr said last week the Justice Department has not found evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the vote. A national coalition of election security officials said last month there was no evidence any voting system was compromised and described the election as "the most secure in American history."

"There’s no evidence to support the contention or the allegation that there's been widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election," said David Levine, elections integrity fellow at the nonpartisan Alliance for Securing Democracy. He noted that the majority of lawsuits the Trump team has filed in states have failed.

"What I am more concerned about is that these kinds of events contribute to a broader mis- or disinformation campaign that undermines voter confidence in elections and creates fissures in our democracy," he said.

Levine added that more work needs to be done to boost voter confidence in election integrity and to protect election officials who may be targeted if they are perceived as contributing to a candidate's loss.

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