“If somebody has the courage, I know who the next administration will be. I will tell you what: Life will be much easier for this country,” he said.
The president then went into praising his team for their work on Operation Warp Speed which found a vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic at record-breaking speed.
“The job you have done on the vaccine together with a lot of others has been a modern-day miracle. It’s been acknowledged as such. I want to thank you and give you my love and give you my thanks. You are very special people. Now good luck,” the president said before he left the room.
Tuesday was the “safe harbor” date. That is the date by which federal law requires states to resolve all election-related disputes before the Electoral College votes.
The Electoral college votes six days after the “safe harbor” date, December 14. But, technically, the electoral college results are not official until they are certified by a joint session of the House and Senate.
“It is not unprecedented for an election to last beyond December 8,” the president’s attorneys, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis said. “The only fixed day in the U.S. Constitution is the inauguration of the president on January 20th at noon.”
