“The votes are counted. The president knows it. In a few days, Joe Biden will be inaugurated. But for a portion of President Trump’s most die-hard supporters, none of this proves that Mr. Biden won a fair election and will be the legitimate 46th president of the United States. Some still don’t believe Mr. Biden will be the one taking the oath of office on January 20. ‘There’s no way that me nor many, many, many, many others would ever recognize this last election,’ said Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico who founded a group called Cowboys for Trump. ‘I will never accept a Biden presidency,’ he said. When asked who would be standing on the steps of the Capitol for the inauguration, Griffin replied, ‘I don’t know. Your guess is as good as mine.’ (Griffin, who live-streamed himself standing on those same steps during the January 6 riot, is now under arrest for entering the restricted area.)”

“After months of lies and conspiracy theories about the voting results, it’s clear that Mr. Trump’s false narrative about a stolen election has stuck with a core group of his voters. And even the sight of Mr. Biden being sworn in won’t change their minds. The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters who were trying to stop the counting of electoral votes confirming Mr. Biden’s win showed how literal and dangerous this belief has become. CBS News polling released this week found that only 31% of Republican voters consider Mr. Biden the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. About two-thirds of total voters and two-thirds of independents consider Mr. Biden’s victory legitimate, while virtually all Democrats – 96% – see Mr. Biden as the legitimate winner. The data indicate that as Mr. Biden takes office, there are potentially millions of Americans who still aren’t willing to accept his presidency” – CBS News.