Trump is continuing to dispute their election loss, not accepting Biden's transition. He and his Republican colleagues, together with his media machine, are creating a false world of fraud based on weak evidence, making it seem like the results are disputable. Their actions now, though, will affect the highly consequential Senate runoffs in Georgia. Their are four potential reasons for Trump continuing to fight: personal financial gain; he is a sore loser; he genuinely believes he won; he is attempting a coup to dismantle American democracy.

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