“Richard Everit walked with a heavy heart from his hotel to join a rally being held by President Trump’s supporters near the White House on Saturday morning. The Supreme Court had rejected a lawsuit by Texas the night before, extinguishing what little hope he had left for the re-election of Mr. Trump, the man who had inspired the first vote of his life. ‘I almost didn’t walk down after last night’s announcement,’ said Mr. Everit, 55, who lives in western Pennsylvania. He liked what he said was Mr. Trump’s nose-thumbing at the elites of both parties, many of whom had been in power for years and appeared to have grown rich from it. But on this day, he was resigned to losing him as president. ‘At this point, it’s over,’ he said. ‘You hate to say it.'”
“Supporters gathered for a similar event in November shortly after the election. But this time, the crowd at Freedom Plaza was far smaller and less hopeful, a mood that reflected a month of disappointments: Mr. Trump has lost dozens of court cases. The Supreme Court has rejected his cause twice. And on Monday, the Electoral College is set to give the final legal stamp of approval to Mr. Trump’s loss. One thing has remained the same: the view, among Mr. Trump’s most faithful followers, that he is the rightful winner of the election” – New York Times.