What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and amid the votes being counted in the presidential
race, Donald Trump said during his most recent speech that he's being “cheated” in the
election with seemingly no real evidence to support his claim.
And now, celebs are speaking out about Trump’s controversial speech.
It has been a long week you guys, but it’s finally Friday and more and more votes in
the US presidential election are coming in and being counted.
In case you’re a little confused with what’s been going on let me break it down for you
without all the maps and numbers you’ve been seeing on the news.
The election was on Tuesday.
Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to vote in person, not by mail despite the ongoing
pandemic.
So on Tuesday, the initial vote count leaned heavily in Trump’s favor because many states
count the in-person votes first.
But as the week has gone on, Joe Biden has started to pull ahead in crucial states like
Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, because in those states, the mail in ballots
are counted AFTER the in-person ballots.
The mail in ballots have come up as heavily blue, because Joe Biden encouraged early voting
and mail in voting to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, rather than voting in person.
Because the virus is still very much alive across the world, especially in the US where
we are still seeing record daily numbers.
And as the blue Democratic mail in ballots have been counted, Trump has been flailing
in all sorts of ways including creating lawsuits, demanding states stop counting votes, and
claiming that he’s been cheated.
And when you really look at these statements, to so many people, it’s incredibly sad.
The cornerstone of American democracy is voting and every American citizen’s vote deserves
to be counted.
Interestingly enough though, Trump hasn’t been as upset about the states he’s either
winning in or catching up in.
He only calls out the states where he’s losing as “corrupt.”
And Thursday night, Trump gave a heated speech at The White House saying that he vows to
fight the election results in the Supreme Court.
During his speech, Trump seemed to distinguish between what he called as "the legal votes"
and the “illegal votes” with no real evidence to support votes being “illegal.”
Trump seemingly attached more significance and legality to in-person votes over absentee
votes, which is not a correct assessment.
“If you count the legal votes, I easily win.
If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”
He went on to say that his numbers are magically disappearing, when in fact, the democratic
mail in ballots were just being counted later and exceeding in numbers.
“We were winning in all of the key locations by a lot actually and then our numbers started
miraculously getting whittled away in secret.”
Both fans and celebs have been taking to social media to share how problematic Trump’s speech
and entire mentality is.
Many are calling it a threat to democracy.
Captain America AKA Chris Evans came through saying, “Wow.
Hey Republicans, are you listening to this come-to-life toilet spew complete lies about
the integrity of our democratic process?”
Another Avenger, Mark Ruffalo chimed in writing, “There is not a single shred of evidence
to anything Trump is claiming.
It's all lies and it's not going to go anywhere with the courts he has lost all but one lawsuit
because he has no credible claims.”
Kelly Rowland tweeted saying, “We are watching a sad kid not get his way, and he’s having
a temper tantrum.
And now, he’s trying to build a case.
How you gon’ “make America Great again”, and make a plan to sue it?!”
Glee’s Kevin McHale wrote, “this is hilarious.
nothing he's said is true.
literally nothing.”
And Eva Longoria questioned why CNN didn’t cut away from the speech as Trump was spewing
lies.
Many other celebs like Demi Lovato have also been encouraging voters in crucial states
to check their ballot status and make sure their vote was counted.
All in all, this situation is really upsetting.
This year, when more Americans than ever in history proudly cast their votes, Donald Trump
is now doubting the system and calling the election corrupt.
The United States is a democracy and accordingly every vote must be counted.
If you want more on what celebs have been saying about counting every vote, click right
over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below what you thought of Trump’s speech.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!