Trump supporters to rally in D.C. against voter fraud; evidence has yet to materialize

Len Young remembers the inspiration he felt a decade ago during a Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C.

The Monroeville resident said he hopes to replicate that experience Saturday in the same place, this time in support of President Trump, other state and federal races and “real discovery of fraudulent voting” in the general election.

Young, 63, said he believes there was “gross fraud perpetrated on the American people, probably (in) every state in the union.”

“It’s being stolen right in front of our face by certain operatives within the Democratic Party, corrupt ‘news’ organizations,” he said.

Multiple media outlets last weekend projected that Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden will win the presidency. There has been no evidence of voter fraud. Numerous lawsuits have been filed by Trump’s campaign in Pennsylvania and other states. A number of them have been tossed by judges, with none resulting in a major win.

Supporters appear destined for the nation’s capital this weekend to push back. A March for Trump and Million MAGA March both are being billed online as starting at noon in Freedom Plaza.

Young plans to be there Saturday to show his support for the “constitutional obligation of a free and fair election in the United States,” he said. “Once we lose our freedom, our God-given freedom … we’ll never get them back.”

A charter bus with more than 50 seats is scheduled to leave from the New Stanton area Saturday to head to the event.

The Associated Press called Pennsylvania and its 20 Electoral College votes, and thus the presidency, for Biden last Saturday, four days after the election. The projection is not official and does not determine the election.

Votes are still being counted in Pennsylvania and elsewhere as states attempt to meet law-driven deadlines for certifying the Nov. 3 election. Pennsylvania must certifiy results by Nov. 23. The Trump campaign has sued to stop the state from certifying its results, along with those in Michigan — where Biden also won.

Georgia has started a hand recount of nearly 5 million ballots after the initial count showed that Biden beat Trump by 14,000 votes in that Republican-controlled state. The Trump campaign also has indicated that it wants a recount in Wisconsin, which Biden won unofficially by more than 20,000 votes.

Should Biden’s projected win in Pennsylvania be one-half a percentage or less, a recount would be required. Biden currently is winning Pennsylvania by nearly 60,000 votes, or 49.8% to 48.9%. In 2016, Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania by about 44,000 votes, or 48.8% to 47.6%.

Pennsylvania lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House have called for an audit and investigation of the election after a deluge of calls to their offices and legal challenges, many of which have been dismissed by legal experts.

State Senate Democratic leader Jay Costa, of Forest Hills, chastised Republicans for the request.

“There has been no evidence of fraud and there’s no reason for this additional review,” he said in a statement. “It is reprehensible for Republicans to parrot allegations from the outgoing president without any evidence, casting aspersions on our state and county officials who conducted themselves with the utmost integrity.”

The New York Times reported Tuesday that elections officials nationwide, who represent both political parties, reported finding “no evidence that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race.” The paper reported that it included officials from every state — and “none reported any major voting issues.”

A judge in Montgomery County, in suburban Philadelphia, this week repeatedly questioned a lawyer representing the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee in contesting 592 ballots about allegations of irregularities or “deficiencies,” as stated in the legal filing.

“Are you claiming that there is any fraud in connection with these 592 votes?” the judge asked, according to a partial transcript posted online by Philadelphia Magazine.

“To my knowledge at present, no,” replied attorney Jonathan Goldstein of Hatfield, Montogemery County.

Jason Cato contributed to this report.