People at the March for Trump rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14. | JFairley
People at the March for Trump rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14. | JFairley
James Boyd attended the March for Trump rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14 to show support for President Donald Trump after Democratic challenger Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes compared to Trump’s 232 and was named president-elect by the media Nov. 7 when he reached the threshold of 270 electoral votes.
“I do not believe that the vote count is real,” Boyd told the Baltimore City Wire. "I don't think the count is correct. I believe that they have to do audits, which I am glad they're doing. I'm glad that President Trump put in the lawsuits and the legal processes.”
Boyd was referring to lawsuits and recount actions filed by Republicans and Trump campaign officials, alleging that illegal votes contributed to Joe Biden’s victory.
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"There is so much evidence that in Pennsylvania, Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 witnesses and other evidence that election officials blatantly ignored Pennsylvania’s law denying independent review,” Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said in a statement online. “This resulted in 682,777 ballots being cast illegally, wittingly or unwittingly. This is just an extension of the Big Tech, Big Media, corrupt Democrat censorship of damning facts the American public needs to know."
Boyd, who lives in Baltimore, was among thousands of Trump supporters who marched from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Supreme Court across from the Capitol, questioning Election Day results. Trump briefly rode by the crowd in a motorcade.
“We haven't torn up anything at this march,” Boyd said in an interview. “We’re just out here being happy. That's why I'm out here with my American flag. I don't have a Trump flag because they burnt mine. But I'm out here with my American flag just to show people that people of all races support our country and President Trump.”
The Associated Press reported that incumbent Biden won Maryland’s 10 electoral votes with 65.3% of state votes compared to 32.9% for Trump but Boyd is undeterred.
“President Trump fought for us four long years,” Boyd said at the rally. “This is the least we can do is literally show up in D.C. just like all the progressives did in 2016 when President Trump got elected and they stormed the streets saying, ‘He's not my president,’ wearing pink hats and fighting people. Not one conservative here has broken anything.”
In Wisconsin, President Trump reportedly wired $3 million to election officials last week, requesting a recount of votes cast in Milwaukee and Dane counties, which are Democratic strongholds. According to media reports, Trump's campaign is alleging some absentee ballots were illegally cast and the recount is expected to be completed by Dec. 1.
Although Georgia’s hand recount resulted in Biden’s victory being certified in that state, the Trump campaign is requesting another recount that includes signature matching. As reported by CBS on Nov. 22, state laws in Georgia allow for a recount after certification when a presidential victory is within .5% of votes. Biden's 12,000 vote win was within a .3% margin.
In Pennsylvania, CBS News reports that counties were ordered on Nov. 6 by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to set apart late-arriving ballots and count them separately after Republicans filed an emergency request in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, which is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Another Pennsylvania lawsuit in federal court requesting a delay in certification was dismissed by U.S. District Justice William Brann. An appeal of Brann’s decision was filed over the weekend, landing the lawsuit before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which is one step away from the largely conservative U.S. Supreme Court bench.
Although the Trump campaign legal team has failed to produce a high volume of affidavits, either publicly or in courts of law, Federal Election Commission Chairman Trey Trainor told Newsmax TV, "I do believe there's voter fraud taking place in these places. Otherwise, they would allow the observers to go in."