First came the news that Georgia had official certified that Biden won the state. Certification is a necessary step before the winner's electors are finalized. Trump had sued and lost several times in court in his attempt to stop this certification.
Then came the news that Maricopa County, the most populous county in Arizona, had certified that Biden had won there, too. Trump had been hoping the county supervisors, who are overwhelmingly Republican, would throw the vote to him, even though he lost. The county, however, certified the true winner: Biden. Trump had also sued in Arizona to stop certification and had failed there, too.
Trump invited the two Republican majority leaders from Michigan's two legislative bodies to the White House yesterday, determined to convince them to throw the election to him in their state, despite the fact Biden had won there, too. Once again, he failed, and the two announced their state's electors would, indeed, be awarded to Biden. This after Trump has lost every lawsuit brought in Michigan in an attempt to stop certification.
Finally, unrelated to the election but bad news nevertheless, Trump learned yesterday that the federal judge overseeing his defamation lawsuit — he's been sued by a woman who says he raped her — removed the Department of Justice as counsel, meaning Trump will have to pay his own lawyers to defend him. Trump's attorney general had tried to stick the taxpayers for this expense, but the judge would have none of that.
Trump has become like the crazy old man shouting at the sea, hoping to turn back the tide. Alas, of course, that is a failing strategy, too.
He better start packing his boxes. He leaves the White House on January 20, 2021.
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