Trump says Supreme Court ‘Chickened Out’ and ‘Didn’t Want to Rule on the Merits’ of the Texas Election Case

In an interview yesterday with Brian Kilmeade, President Trump insisted that he and his campaign “are going to continue to go forward” with their legal challenges against November’s election results, despite the Electoral College getting set to cast their votes on Monday.

“The Supreme Court, all they did is say we don’t have standing. So they’re saying essentially the president of the United States and Texas and these other states, great states, they don’t have standing,” Trump said in the interview.

Trump expounded on that statement today in a recent tweet where he said, “The fact that the Supreme Court wouldn’t find standing in an original jurisdiction matter between multiple states, and including the President of the States, is absurd.”

Trump added that he believes that “It is enumerated in the Constitution… they just ‘chickened out’ and didn’t want to rule on the merits of the case. So bad for our Country!”

…They just “chickened out” and didn’t want to rule on the merits of the case. So bad for our Country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2020

In a tweet following the decision by the Supreme Court, Trump said, “The Supreme Court really let us down. No Wisdom, No Courage!”

The Supreme Court really let us down. No Wisdom, No Courage!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2020

In a brief unsigned opinion, the court claimed that “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections.”