Completely Lost The Script

The president canceled his trip there, after aides cited COVID concerns bc an adviser tested positive. This also isn’t a real hearing. But potus indicates he’s addressing it. https://t.co/CNB8usjgaU

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 25, 2020

At Pa. hearing Trump says it just can't be possible he lost, apparently because "the energy industry" was with him and "a lot of horrible things happened" and people signed affidavits https://t.co/y9YksDo56F

— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) November 25, 2020

Trump is issuing a variety of false statements on a speaker phone to a group of Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania, still trying to overturn the results of the election.

— Noah Bierman (@Noahbierman) November 25, 2020

The election has been certified in several key states. Ascertainment has been made and transition begun to the Biden administration. But the president is talking at this event as if this election is still ongoing.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 25, 2020

Jenna Ellis's other line is ringing, which can be heard beeping as POTUS calls into Gettysb

Jenna Ellis's other line is ringing, which can be heard beeping as POTUS calls into Gettysburg event on her cell phone.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 25, 2020

So, to be clear, Trump is currently phoning into a Republican-led hearing at a Wyndham hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -- a state that has certified its results and a Biden victory -- to dispute Biden's election victory.

"This election was lost by the Democrats," he says.

— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) November 25, 2020

“All we need is some judge to listen to it properly,” Trump says of claims of fraud he and his team have made outside of court, but not in it, where there are penalties for lying.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 25, 2020

As I was saying...

"This is going to be your crowning achievement," @realDonaldTrump says of @RudyGiuliani

— Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) November 25, 2020