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A Republican state senator in Virginia has joined a chorus of Republicans in calling for President Donald Trump to declare martial law in order to stay on as president.

State Sen. Amanda F. Chase, who is running for governor and calls herself "Trump in heels," on Tuesday called on the president to declare martial law in order to stay in the White House, The Washington Post reported.

“Not my President and never will be,” she said on Facebook of President-elect Joe Biden. “The American people aren’t fools. We know you cheated to win and we’ll never accept these results.

“Fair elections we can accept but cheating to win; never. It’s not over yet. So thankful President Trump has a backbone and refuses to concede. President Trump should declare martial law as recommended by General Flynn,” she said.

The post from the state senator came precisely one day after the Electoral College voted to make the former vice president the president-elect.

Interviewed on  Tuesday, Chase said that she was still hopeful that, when the electoral college ballots are formally counted during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, President Trump would be the winner.

This scenario becomes extremely unlikely on Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader and Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell acknowledge Biden’s victory and congratulated him.

“Our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect,” the Senate Majority Leader said. “The Electoral College has spoken. So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”

His congratulations and acknowledgment of Biden drew the ire of the president on Twitter where he lashed out at him.

“Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot). Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry!” he said.

Chase said that under martial law the troops would “go and seize these [voting] machines and voting equipment to find the voter fraud. There needs to be a national audit.”

Martial law appears to be the only avenue left for the president to stay in the White House and it is possible that he could use that extreme measure if he believes he was wronged.

As martial law is not specifically addressed in the Constitution it is a murky legal strategy and would need to have the involvement and approval of military leaders.

But in 2020 if we have learned anything we have learned that the only thing that is for certain is that nothing is for certain.

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