USA TODAY’S protection of the 2020 election continues this week as states put together to complete certifying their vote counts after President-elect Joe Biden’s victory within the hard-fought presidential race. President Donald Trump has but to concede the race as Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris put together to take workplace in January.

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Michigan GOP Home Speaker Chatfield enjoys drinks at Trump Resort

Public skepticism that Michigan’s Republican legislative leaders centered on COVID-19 help once they met with President Donald Trump was amplified Saturday as state Home Speaker Lee Chatfield was seen socializing on the Trump Resort in Washington and the president posted tweets that implied the election was additionally a subject of dialogue.

Chatfield and Michigan Senate Majority Chief Mike Shirkey met with Trump Friday afternoon on the White Home. After the assembly, the pair issued an announcement that mentioned, the assembly centered on COVID-19 help and that “we’ve not but been made conscious of any info that may change the result of the election in Michigan.”

However critics of the assembly have been already doubtful that the president didn’t attempt to persuade the lawmakers in his ongoing efforts to subvert the election outcomes earlier than images surfaced of Chatfield ingesting and sitting, unmasked, with others on the Trump Worldwide Resort. Their considerations have been amplified when the lawmakers didn’t elaborate on what, if something, the president requested about Michigan election outcomes

Trump hopes the state’s Republican-controlled state legislature will flip Michigan’s 16 Electoral Schools vote to him although President-elect Joe Biden earned roughly 154,000 extra votes within the state than Trump.

Trump tweeted twice Saturday, responding to each lawmakers with extra unfounded allegations of fraud and misconduct in Michigan.

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“We are going to present huge and unprecedented fraud!” Trump tweeted in response to Shirkey tweeting out his assertion.

In response to a Chatfield tweet, Trump tweeted, “Huge voter fraud can be proven!”

– Dave BoucherClara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press

Ben Carson says he’s ‘out of the woods’ after being ‘desperately unwell’ from COVID

Housing and City Growth Secretary Ben Carson, who examined constructive for COVID-19 earlier this month, was “extraordinarily sick” and “desperately unwell,” based on a put up on his Fb web page Friday morning.

“Thanks everybody on your assist and prayers as Sweet and I battled COVID-19. I used to be extraordinarily sick and initially took Oleander 4X with dramatic enchancment. Nevertheless, I’ve a number of co-morbidities and after a short interval once I solely skilled minor discomfort, the signs accelerated and I turned desperately unwell,” Carson wrote.

Oleander 4x makes use of an extract from the oleander plant, which is an unproven therapy advocated by My Pillow founder Mike Lindell who has made unsubstantiated claims about its effectiveness in treating COVID-19. In September, the Meals and Drug Administration rejected a request to label the oleander extract as a dietary complement ingredient, citing “important considerations.”

Lindell is the one who introduced this unproven therapy for COVID-19 to Carson’s consideration. Carson later referred to as the drug the “actual deal” regardless of not being an skilled in infectious illnesses.

Carson additionally shared that the president was following his situation and cleared him for the antibody therapy Trump obtained when he had COVID. Carson additionally wrote that he’s satisfied the therapy “saved my life.”

Carson believes that he’s “out of the woods at this level” and recovering from the virus.

– Sarah Elbeshbishi

Trump Jr. to spend COVID isolation watching Netflix, cleansing weapons

After information broke that he examined constructive for COVID-19, the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr. shared a video on Instagram, asking for film and e-book suggestions

“You probably have any e-book Netflix suggestions, something because it pertains to films or any good ebooks since I can’t exit and purchase a e-book, however give me your ideas as a result of, you recognize, I may need a pair days of solo time and there’s solely so many weapons I can clear earlier than that will get bored,” Trump shared within the video.

He additionally shared with followers that he’s asymptomatic however following protocol.

“You might have seen it by now however apparently I obtained the ‘rona. You wouldn’t realize it primarily based on something I’ve felt or seen – I assume I’ve been completely asymptomatic,” Trump mentioned. “However out of an abundance of precaution, I’ll quarantine. I’ll observe the protocols, you recognize take it significantly, there’s no motive to take it in any other case.”

The president additionally tweeted about son Saturday amid a flurry of baseless voter fraud tweets, saying, “My son Donald is doing very properly. Thanks!”

Trump, like his father, has constantly downplayed the virus whilst instances and deaths have risen to document numbers throughout the nation.

– Sarah Elbeshbishi

Blackburn employees says senator misspoke when she referred to as Biden president-elect

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., a stalwart supporter of President Donald Trump, on Friday referred to Joe Biden because the nation’s “president-elect,” a remark her employees later mentioned was a mistake.

Blackburn made the feedback Friday night dwell on ABC Information, the place she was being interviewed by Juju Chang. The comment positioned her amongst only a handful of Republican senators signaling acknowledgment of Biden’s projected victory.

“I’ve not spoken with the president-elect,” Blackburn advised Chang. “We did have the vp come to the ground, the vice president-elect come to the ground this week to solid a vote. I used to be presiding on the time. Did not get to talk along with her.”

However Blackburn walked again her comment later within the interview insisting, with out proof, that “if each authorized vote is counted, Donald Trump would get 4 extra years.”

When requested concerning the reference to President-elect Biden, Abigail Sigler, a marketing campaign spokesperson for Blackburn, mentioned, “She merely misspoke – it is nothing extra.”

– Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean

Gov. Cuomo to get Emmy for coronavirus briefings

ALBANY – And the Worldwide Emmy goes to: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo, a Democrat whose every day briefings on the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic obtained intensive airplay throughout the nation, will obtain the Worldwide Emmy Founders Award on Monday.

The governor is being acknowledged partly for his use of tv to tell folks of the newest coronavirus updates on the peak of the state’s outbreak in March and April, based on The Worldwide Academy Of Tv Arts & Sciences, which granted him the award.

Cuomo held greater than 100 consecutive days of COVID-19 briefings, a lot of which have been broadcast on cable information networks internationally.

The governor will obtain the Worldwide Emmy throughout a digital award ceremony Monday. It is a separate ceremony from the better-known Primetime and Daytime Emmys, which give attention to American tv.

– Jon Campbell, New York State Staff

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