Janet and Michelle Dowden at Nov. 14 rally in Washington, D.C. | JFairley
Janet and Michelle Dowden at Nov. 14 rally in Washington, D.C. | JFairley
Janet Dowden drove 1,220 miles from Louisiana to Washington, D.C., to thank President Trump for all the good she believes he’s done for the nation.
“Donald Trump has done a lot in the last four years to improve the economy, protect our rights and to protect our grandchildren's future,” Dowden told the SW Louisiana News.
Dowden, who lives in Sulphur, was among thousands of Trump supporters who marched from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Supreme Court building across from the Capitol on Saturday, protesting against Election Day results.
“Our freedom of speech is at stake and we’re being censored by social media and the elites,” Dowden said in an interview at the rally.
The Associated Press reported that Trump won Louisiana's nine electoral votes with 58.5% of votes over Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s 39.9%. Biden was named president-elect after he gained 306 electoral votes compared to Trump’s 232.
“President Trump has done a lot for this country and people just don't get it,” Dowden said. “They're blind to all the positive.”
Dowden’s sister-in-law Michelle Dowden, who lives in Texas, helped her complete the 23-hour drive with a few stops.
“I knew it was going to be a big turnout,” Michelle Dowden said. “We’re fighting for freedom, making the vote count and for our grandkids so they can have the kind of life we've had.”
CBS News reported that voter groups, represented by election lawyer James Bopp Jr., voluntarily dismissed without prejudice four lawsuits that had been filed in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia. That they were voluntarily dismissed without prejudice means they can be refiled.
Among the lawsuits the Trump campaign has filed is in Pennsylvania. The campaign is trying to block the certification of results that include absentee and mail-in ballots that allegedly had been “improperly permitted to be cured,” according to media reports. The state's Supreme Court tossed one lawsuit today, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
The states have yet to certify election results. On Dec.14 presidential electors from every state are expected to cast their votes but each state has its own timeline for certifying election results, according to CNBC.
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