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Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAA“This was an election that we won easily. We won it by a lot,”&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;declared to the group gathered at a hotel in Gettysburg.&nbsp;Trump, in fact, lost the election to President-elect . Biden won Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes and the state certified him as the winner on Tuesday.Story continues below advertisementThe Pennsylvania event was the latest attempt by&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor, to try to cast doubt on the results of the democratic election, even as the formal transition process has begun and a growing number of Republicans are recognizing Biden as president-elect.State election officials across the county and international observers have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and&nbsp;Trump’s legal team has lost repeatedly in court, in addition to making numerous elementary errors.Wednesday’s event, hastily organized by Republican state lawmakers, including Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, an outspoken Trump supporter, came with trappings of an official hearing — flags, a gavel, and unsworn “witnesses” who “testified” in person and by phone.Among them was a special guest — the president — who at one point had been expected to attend in person, but did not after another member of his legal team announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday morning.Story continues below advertisementTrump&nbsp;spoke for about 11 minutes via a phone held up to a microphone by his lawyer Jenna Ellis and insisted again that the election had been “rigged” for Biden.“This election has to be turned around,” he stated.It was yet another stunning declaration from an American president advocating overturning a democratic election and the voters’ will because he wants to stay in power.The hotel where the Senate Majority Policy Committee met is about a mile from the scene of Pickett’s Charge, where Union troops repelled a desperate Confederate attack in July 1863. It helped turn the tide of the American Civil War against the slave-owning South.The&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;campaign on Wednesday asked the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals for the chance for Giuliani to give oral arguments in its appeal over the vote count in Pennsylvania. The court has not yet said if it will hear arguments.Trump&nbsp;campaign aide Boris Epshteyn, who has been working with his legal team, is the latest person in&nbsp;Trump’s orbit to contract the coronavirus. He had attended a press conference with Giuliani in Washington last week during which Giuliani continued to lob meritless accusations of mass voter fraud, despite no evidence to support his claims. Story continues below advertisementAlso in attendance was Giuliani’s son, who works at the White House and announced a day later that he had tested positive.Giuliani wore a mask as he arrived at the hearing, but has not isolated, despite his exposure.Scolforo reported from Harrisburg, Pa.© 2020 The Canadian PressCommentsAdvertisementStay in the loopGet a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Sign up for National newsletterSign UpStay in the loopGet a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Sign up for National newsletterSign UpAdvertisement

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAA“This was an election that we won easily. We won it by a lot,”&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;declared to the group gathered at a hotel in Gettysburg.&nbsp;Trump, in fact, lost the election to President-elect . Biden won Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes and the state certified him as the winner on Tuesday.Story continues below advertisementThe Pennsylvania event was the latest attempt by&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor, to try to cast doubt on the results of the democratic election, even as the formal...

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