U.S. Media: Trump Supporters Refuse to Face Reality

U.S. local media outlets reported on Monday that although street parties arose around the U.S.  in celebration of the presidential election being called in favor of Joe Biden on Saturday, Trump's supporters mostly hold on to the President's misleading allegations that the elections were stolen.

Using the same misleading claims as Trump and his surrogates, the President's distraught backers expressed their displeasure at news organizations' decision to use math to disclose the fact that Joe Biden actually won the 2020 presidential election.

“It’s all fixed. There’s so much corruption going on in the vote count,” Wisconsin Trump supporter Randy Tovichi, told CNN.

[caption id="attachment_169907" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Supporters of President Donald Trump stand outside Trump National Golf Club, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Sterling, Va.[/caption]

Another Trump supporter, Dennis Tippie of Pennsylvania, told the New York Times that seeing the president's early lead dissipates the point of fraud.

Tippie said: “If [Biden] does end up with that number of electoral votes he would have gained them through fraud, deception and simple criminality.” There was no evidence of systematic electoral fraud.

Another Trump supporter from Pennsylvania, Jessica Bell, told the Times that she's stuck to the news day and night and is ready for civil unrest.

Bell added: “I have my TV on the news 24/7,’’ Bell said. “I have my phone in my hand keeping up with social media. I’ve gotten about six hours of sleep since Monday. I’ve been watching very, very closely… We are locked and loaded.”

Bell wrongly argued that U.S. citizens are being silenced and called Trump's defeat a "coup."

Trump's supporters are being mobilized to rally against the state capitals by a group named "Stop the Loot." According to USA Today, a group that has been barred from Facebook for "spreading disinformation and promoting abuse."

Much of the same is mentioned by the other media outlets. Crowds in capitols around the U.S. Saturday are in shock over Trump's loss. “This isn’t over! This isn’t over!” and “Fake news!” chants could be heard from an estimated 1,000 Trump supporters in Atlanta, Georgia.

One demonstrator, Jordan Kelley, who traveled over three hours from Tennessee to Georgia for the demonstration, also repeated the President's false statement that the election had been rigged.