Trump Says He Will ‘Never Concede’ Despite Transition Go-Ahead, Retweets Call For In-Person Revote

On Tuesday, Trump retweeted a message from the Columbia Bugle, an anonymous right-wing Twitter account, which read “I concede NOTHING!!!!!”, hours after tweeting he would “never concede to fake ballots & ‘Dominion,’” referring to a debunked conspiracy theory about election voting machines.

Trump also shared a tweet from actor Randy Quaid, an actor who fled to Canada after facing felony charges and was deported back to the U.S., calling for an “in-person-only-paper ballot re-vote.”

“Are you listening Republicans?” Trump said, referring to the tweet (a small but growing number of congressional Republicans have acknowledged Biden’s victory, including seven GOP senators).

There has never been a redo of a presidential election at the state or county level, and legal scholars are skeptical it would even be legal to hold one. 

It’s rare, but courts have occasionally ordered an election do-over at the local level following substantial evidence of election fraud or voting malfunctions.  

Quaid’s tweet cites “flagrant irregularities” as reason for conducting a revote, though there’s been no substantial evidence of any election malfeasance so far: of the 36 legal cases filed by the Trump campaign challenging election results, 25 have been “denied, dismissed, settled or withdrawn,” according to NBC News.