US President Donald Trump is increasingly opposed by Republican circles to acknowledge his electoral defeat and to cooperate with Joe Biden’s transition to a presidency. Even Chris Christie, a former Trump ally, has had enough of the games, calling the countless lawsuits to invalidate votes as “a national disgrace”.
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There is a growing concern within the Republican party that the refusal to initiate the transition could hinder important government programs, such as tackling the corona virus. Several prominent Republicans, including even the notorious Trump allies Lisa Murkowski and Kevin Cramer, therefore take an ambiguous stance: they do not think Trump should stop his legal efforts to challenge the election results, but are calling on the president to In the meantime, cooperate with the transition, in case those lawsuits come to nothing.
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It now seems to be turning into that: two more lawsuits were filed this weekend by the Trump campaign in Arizona and Pennsylvania laughed out of court by the judge. Additionally, Rudy Giulani and Sidney Powell, Trump’s two chief attorneys, have stalled in recent days downright bizarre conspiracy theories around at hotly debated press conferences. Which prompted Chris Christie, former New Jersey state governor and a former ally of the president, to say on Fox News that the ongoing trial was “a national disgrace.”
Trump himself does not want to give up: Republicans demanding that he or his campaign provide evidence for the ongoing allegations of large-scale fraud are being scolded on Twitter. In the case of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Trump is even calling on his supporters to stand up to the Republican in the primaries.
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