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If President Trump isn’t inaugurated Jan. 20, 2021, the independence that Americans currently enjoy will evaporate, according to a retired Navy veteran who works at the Pentagon for the Department of Defense.

“All the rights that we enjoy now will shrink away and there will suddenly be 20 million new Americans in one day, which will cause more stress on the economy,” Todd Belcher told Central Nova News. “Then the Democrats’ Green New Deal is going to push jobs out of the U.S.”

Belcher, of Alexandria, Virginia, was among thousands of people who marched from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Supreme Court across from the Capitol to challenge the results of Election Day in support of President Trump over the weekend. Conservatives came from as far away as California, South Dakota, and Oregon to participate.

No state has reported widespread voting irregularities associated with Election Day, the New York Times reports.

“Right now America is independent,” Belcher said in an interview. “We don't need oil from anyone. We have our own.”

But if former Vice President Joe Biden actually assumes the presidency, Belcher foresees a COVID-19 vaccine being mandatory.

“Wearing a mask is conditioning for what is yet to come,” Belcher said at the rally. “If you don't have a vaccine passport showing you've been vaccinated, you won’t be allowed to travel. You can't go to a sporting event. You won’t be permitted to leave your house. You'll be in perpetual lockdown, but under a second Trump term, the vaccine will be strongly recommended and not required.”

The rally was part of a grassroots effort planned by pro-Trump groups around the country to show a united front, to demand transparency in elections, and to protect election integrity after the Associated Press reported Joe Biden won Virginia with 54.3% of state votes compared to 44.3% for Trump. 

Biden was named president-elect after he won 306 electoral votes compared to Trump’s 232 although the deadline for presidential electors from every state to cast their votes is not until Dec. 14, according to media reports.

The election has led to multiple lawsuits, including one in Pennsylvania over ballot observers that was rejected by the state's Supreme Court Tuesday, according to NBC News.

Another lawsuit, which the Philadelphia Inquirer reports is still pending in Pennsylvania court, is trying to block the certification of results that include absentee and mail-in ballots.

As previously reported by CBS News, 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. Lawsuits voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by the plaintiffs can be refiled.