washington he wont accept the results he wont concede and he wont give up trying to reverse the verdict despite global acknowledgement and recognition that joe biden has won the election despite adverse rulings in the courts despite many republican officials certifying there was no fraud on a scale that could overturn the election results us president donald trump is digging in to the white house holding up transition to the next administration amid a terrifying increase in covid19 cases nationwide with the death toll now crossing 250000just how long the impasse will last and where it will all lead is unclear but one thing is becoming apparent hardliners on both sides are getting increasingly agitated with vengeful calls of lock him up erupting amid a growing political chasm over everything from pandemic control measures to certifying election results experts are warning that the deadlock could aggravate the pandemic with the incoming administration denied access to information vital to meeting the challenge including on the development and distribution of vaccines while the general services administration still has yet to acknowledge bidens victory and begin the formal transition as mandated under law some trump administration officials and gop lawmakers are reported to be reaching out informally to the biden campaign putting national interest over partisan politics while keeping an eye and ear out for a president who is quick to punish what he sees as betrayal with the clock ticking down for formal certification of results by states the defeated president is urging republican officials and courts in at least four battleground states to declare him a winner despite losing the popular vote by maintaining that tens of thousands of ballots are invalid because they arrived late or were cast without republican observers were absent or because signatures did not match arguments that have been dismissed by several courtselection officials in georgia and wisconsin have said a recount of votes they have undertaken is not likely to change presidentelect joe bidens victory in those states trump lawyers are also pressing ahead with more legal challenges in pennsylvania despite several humiliating setbacks nevertheless in a new tack trump is insisting that thousands of uncounted votes were discovered in georgia counties while urging the states partisan governor brian kemp who democrats have long alleged has tried to suppress black voters to undertake a signature match that would flip the state republican important news conference today by lawyers on a very clear and viable path to victory pieces are very nicely falling into place he tweeteddemocrats are alleging that the trump effort to subvert the results center on invalidating votes from cities that are blackmajority or have significant black population including atlanta in georgia detroit in michigan philadelphia in pennsylvania voter fraud in detroit is rampant and has been for many years the defeated president tweeted on thursday trump won michigan by a narrow 10000 votes in 2016 he did not allege voter fraud then and hillary clinton did not challenge the result