Denying the Loss

Throughout the final weeks of Donald J. Trumps presidency there have been various lawsuits filed by Trump and his team with the intention of convincing the courts that the presidential election has been “rigged” and was “stolen from him” due to voter fraud.

“As the Trump campaign has come forward with its legal arguments, they haven’t really produced any facts or legal theory that’s stronger than when they started,” CNN analyst Rick Hasen said.

By continuously claiming that the elections in Georgia have been “rigged,” Trump has the put the republican party in a tough position when it comes to winning the senate runoff election by causing some of his supporters and administration to question him and false allegations.

Georgia Senate Runoff Election

A runoff election is a second election that is held to arbitrate the winner when neither candidate in the first election met the required number of votes that are needed to win. The Georgia runoff election was caused by a tie in the senate in Georgia, all congressional, state executive, and state legislative elections are enforced to have a runoff election when both candidates do not receive at least 50% of votes.

In the most recent runoff election that happened on January 5th, democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Osoff went against republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue competed for the senatorial position in Georgia. Some political analysts believe that this will have an impact on how much President Joe Biden can get done in his first two years in office.

After the long voting process, the Democratic party won the election. It will be the first time since 2015 that the U.S senate is the hands of the democratically elected. Warnock is going down in history after his win against Loeffler because this is the state’s first black senator who is also a reverend at the same church which Martin Luther King Jr. Preached at.

“The Warnock win — and the possibility of a second Democratic victory — represented a historic upset in a longtime Republican bastion, signaling a clear shift in the political makeup of the state that Biden won nine weeks ago. Warnock will be the first African American Democratic senator from a former Confederate state, and Ossoff, 33, would be the youngest newly elected Democratic senator since Biden in 1973” Washington Post writer Amber Riley said.

The election results leave Biden with good news, since the soon to be vice president Kamala Harris is the tiebreaker in this specific election, leaving the democratic party with the advantage.

The Aftermath

As expected, some Republicans have strong feelings toward the final election results and some also believe that the President will accept the fact that he lost the re-election bid which leaves Democrats with the majority in office.

“You’re not going to change the nature of President Trump in these last days, apparently, of his presidency,” “He is who he is, and he has a relatively relaxed relationship with the truth, and so he’s going to keep on fighting until the very end. But I am convinced that once all remedies have been exhausted, if those are exhausted in a way that’s not favorable to him, he will accept the inevitable. “But don’t expect him to go quietly in the night — that’s not how he operates.” Utah Senate Mitt Romney said.

Everyone is aware of the struggle that Donald Trump and his supporters are going to put up before its officially time for him to hand over the title of President of the United States to Democrat Joe Biden.

Capital Mob

With the mission to overturn President Trumps defeat in the 2020 presidential election, on January 6th, 2021 rioters took matters into their own hands and felt as if this were the only way their voices would be heard.

“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!” said Trump on his twitter, which was also taken down by the social network.

Members of the mob have been tracked down through social media and arrested for forcing themselves into the Capitol building and some were seen waving Confederate flags, looting the offices of senators, making threats towards some people in office, and even the deaths of five people. Rioters also continued to spread the false claim that Trump is the real winner of the election. Zoom

“Federal prosecutors continue to charge participants in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, adding to dozens of arrests that took place in Washington D.C. that day. USA TODAY is gathering details of those cases as the FBI continues to identify the people responsible for the attack that left five people dead and sent lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence fleeing to shelter. Included are those arrested on charges federal prosecutors have filed since the riot, and those arrested by Capitol Police and D.C. Metro Police for entering the Capitol or for crimes related to weapons or violence.” USA Today spoke.

Rioters that took place in the violence at Capitol are being called domestic terrorist by some, but others disagree with using such a heavy term when talking about this historical event.

“There are many definitions applied to terrorism, both legally and sociologically. Generally speaking, what unifies all these definitions is that terrorism is an organized, violent campaign directed against civilians with the intention of causing fear and intimidation. Individuals can, however, be charged and convicted for sedition. What happened at the Capitol was seditious, in that civilians were trying to disrupt and undermine the constitutional government. They were delusional people that thought they could stop the change in government.” Terrorism expert Jyette Klausen said.

Impeached

On January 13, 2021, the House of Representatives has voted to impeach the 45th president of the United States. Trump is the only U.S. president to be impeached twice, he was previously impeached in December 2019 and now he is having his 25th amendment taken away from him for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Following the riots held at the Capitol building and receiving threats about more riots, Republican lawmakers grew angry at the lack of voice that Trump contributed to this particularly important moment.

“The president’s offenses, in my reading of the Constitution, were impeachable based on the indisputable evidence we already have. I understand the argument that the best course is not to further inflame the country or alienate Republican voters. But I am a Republican voter. I believe in our Constitution, individual liberty, free markets, charity, life, justice, peace, and this exceptional country. I see that my own party will be best served when those among us choose truth. I believe President Trump acted against his oath of office, so I will vote to impeach him.” Republican Jamie Herrera Beutler said.