section_path: Attempts to overturn the 2020 election
section_name: Attempts to overturn the 2020 election
paragraph_text: Attempts to overturn the 2020 election
  
  Trump had a prominent role in his father's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it. In November 2020, he advocated " total war " instead of completion of vote counting in the 2020 United States elections.
  
  CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term. He wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins," adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.
  
  Trump had a prominent role in his father's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, threatening Republican lawmakers who did not take part in it. In November 2020, he advocated " total war " instead of completion of vote counting in the 2020 United States elections.
  
  CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term. He wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins," adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.