
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is continuing his futile appeal to battleground state lawmakers to subvert the votes of their constituents. The president has reached out twice to Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, a Republican, to see what might be possible for the president to do about “legal votes.” A person briefed on the matter says Trump pressed for the state’s legislature to replace the electors for President-elect Joe Biden with those loyal to Trump. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Cutler’s spokesperson says Trump did not pressure Cutler to take any sort of action.