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November 15th, 2020 
Awake Goy 
Donald Trump’s supporters staged a rally in Washington D.C. on Saturday more than ten days since the country’s election and having yet to concede to Joe Biden, who won the November 3 poll by flipping a number of states from Republican to Democrat.
Chanting ‘USA’ and ‘Stop the Steal’, protesters gathered in the city’s Freedom Plaza and cheered as Trump passed through the protest in his presidential motorcade.
The “Million MAGA March” was heavily promoted on social media, raising concerns that it could spark conflict with anti-Trump demonstrators, who have gathered near the White House in Black Lives Matter Plaza for weeks.
“President Trump deserves to see who is behind him, to feel the love we have for him,” Kris Napolitana, 50, from neighboring Baltimore told AFP.
Pam Ross, who drove over eight hours from Ohio, said: “They are trying to propel Joe Biden to power as quickly as possible because they know that the theft of the election will eventually be proven.”
Trump spoke on Friday for the first time since his defeat to Biden, which he has refused to acknowledge.
During a press conference on the U.S.’s response to a surge in coronavirus cases in recent days, the president said: “This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows, which administration it will be, I guess time will tell.”
No concession
Only a handful of Republicans have accepted Biden’s victory, despite the former vice-president’s wins in the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania and Georgia taking him to 306 electoral college votes, far more than Trump’s 232 and comfortably over the 270 that is needed to be elected president.
The Trump campaign has lodged a number of lawsuits, most of which have already been dismissed by judges, and alleged widespread voter fraud without presenting any evidence. Mike Pence, the current vice president, said Friday that the administration “would fight for an outcome [that] wins us four more years.”
The U.S. is now in uncharted political territory. Although there was a legal battle over the presidency in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush – which was eventually decided by the Supreme Court in Bush’s favour – that dispute was over fewer than 500 votes in a single state, Florida.
By comparison, Biden’s lead in the states where Trump is demanding recounts or alleging fraud is tens of thousands of votes. Election officials throughout the country have ruled out widespread fraud and the Department of Homeland Security has certified that the election was fair and properly carried out.
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