President Donald Trump said for the first time on Thanksgiving that he will leave office if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden.
“Certainly I will, and you know that,” he said when asked by a reporter about leaving the White House if Biden is declared the winner on December 14. “I will and, you know that.”
Republicans also lost another election case. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Saturday night from US Rep. Mike Kelly and other Republicans, who had tried to invalidate absentee voting and block the certification of votes in recent weeks.
The dismissal adds to a growing number of losses in court for Republicans and supporters of Trump. The lawsuits have failed almost uniformly .
A new push is underway at the White House. With the election reality setting in, Republicans and aides to Trump are encouraging him to at least consider attending Biden’s swearing in.
SCOTUS to hear Census case tomorrow. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments concerning the Trump administration’s effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted when congressional seats are re-allocated among the 50 states next year.
Still no progress on stimulus. GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri told CNN’s Dana Bash that the lack of a new coronavirus relief bill amounts to a “huge failure.”
The pressure will be on when lawmakers return to Washington this week — but they also have to move quickly to pass a spending package to avert a partial government shutdown by December 11, which could once again distract from the need for Covid-19 relief.
