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Ethan Trasse attended his first Trump rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14 so that he could be around like-minded people.

“All of Montgomery County, Prince Georges County and surrounding counties in D.C. voted liberal,” Trasse told Montgomery News. “I feel like I’m the only conservative out here but obviously not. So, I came to disprove my own doubts.”

Trasse, a Montgomery resident, was among thousands of Trump supporters who marched from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Supreme Court building across from the Capitol on Saturday, questioning Election Day results. While Trasse marched with a Trump flag draped over his shoulders, President Donald Trump briefly rode by the throngs of people in a motorcade.

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“A former co-worker told me ‘Trump people don't like you and you should just go to a Trump rally to see what they are gonna do to you,’ Trasse said. “So, here I am and everyone’s been welcoming.”

Former vice president Joe Biden won Maryland’s electoral votes with 65.3% of state votes compared to 32.9% for Trump. The Nov. 14 March for Trump rally was organized by several pro-Trump organizations after Biden won 306 electoral votes compared to Trump’s 232.

“I feel I have the duty to speak how I believe by attending the March,” Trasse said. “It’s not the media’s place to decide who the president will be.”

On Nov. 20, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told journalists at a press briefing, “There's ongoing litigation. There are 74 million Americans that voted for this president. That's more votes than any president has gotten in history. It's really extraordinary and there are very real claims out there that the campaign is pursuing, 234 pages of affidavits publicly available in Wayne County alone. Two individuals on the canvassing board there have declined to certify. These are real claims. These individuals deserve to be heard. Mass mail out voting was a system that had never been tried in American history. It's one we have identified as being particularly prone to fraud and those claims deserve to be pursued.”

According to USA Today, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann in Wayne, Michigan voted against certifying due to poll books and absentee ballots being allegedly unbalanced.

Regarding mail-in voting, a Pew Research report found that mail-in ballots made up more than 50% of 2020's primary votes cast in the 37 states, which double that of  2018 and 2016 general elections.

In Wisconsin, Trump reportedly wired $3 million to election officials last week, requesting a recount of votes cast in Milwaukee and Dane counties, which are Democratic enclaves. According to media reports, Trump's campaign is alleging some absentee ballots were illegally cast and the recount is expected to be completed by Dec. 1.

While Georgia’s hand recount resulted in Biden’s victory being certified in that state, the Trump campaign is requesting another recount that includes signature matching. As previously reported on Nov. 22, state laws in Georgia allow for a recount after certification when a presidential victory is within .5% of votes. Biden's 12,000 vote win was within a .3% margin.

CBS News reports that Pennsylvania counties were ordered on Nov. 6 by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to set apart late-arriving ballots and count them separately after Republicans filed an emergency request in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, which is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Alito's ruling simply reaffirmed a Pennsylvania ruling that had been adhered to by state election officials.  

On. Nov. 21, another Pennsylvania lawsuit in federal court requesting a delay in certification was dismissed by U.S. District Justice William Brann. Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said the decision is good news in that it has put the case on an expedited path to the U.S. Supreme Court. An appeal of Brann’s decision was filed over the weekend.

"We will be seeking an expedited appeal to the Third Circuit," Giuliani said in a statement online. "There is so much evidence that in Pennsylvania, Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 witnesses and other evidence that election officials blatantly ignored Pennsylvania’s law denying independent review. This resulted in 682,777 ballots being cast illegally, wittingly or unwittingly. This is just an extension of the Big Tech, Big Media, Corrupt Democrat censorship of damning facts the American public needs to know."

Giuliani has not presented the claimed evidence in court in the Pennsylvania lawsuit, according to the Associated Press. However FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor told Newsmax TV, "I do believe there's voter fraud taking place in these places. Otherwise, they would allow the observers to go in.

The deadline for presidential electors from every state to cast their votes is on Dec. 14, two days after the follow up March for Trump Rally in D.C. on Dec. 12.