speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in
Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. MANDEL NGAN /
AFP
One of the most prominent Republicans in the US Congress
on Sunday urged Donald Trump to “fight hard” and not concede his
loss to Joe Biden in the race for the White House, saying unfounded
allegations of fraud by the president must be
investigated.
Other Republicans sought to walk a finer line, saying legal
challenges must be allowed to play out.
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“We will work with Biden if he wins, but Trump has not lost,”
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said on Fox News.
“Do not concede, Mr. President. Fight hard.”
Graham baselessly alleged “shenanigans” related to mailed
ballots, the method a large number of Americans preferred in
Tuesday’s election due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s the wild-wild west when it comes to mail-in balloting,”
said Graham, a former Trump critic turned unstinting supporter.
There is no evidence that fraud has ever been a significant
problem affecting mail-in voting in US presidential elections.
“Everything we worried about has come true, so if we don’t fight
back in 2020 we’re never going to win again presidentially,” he
nevertheless added.
Other top Republicans were more guarded in their comments but
nonetheless refused to acknowledge Biden had won, saying legal
challenges must go forward and vote counting must continue.
“What we need in the presidential race is to make sure every
legal vote is counted, every recount is completed, and every legal
challenge should be heard,” Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in
the House of Representatives, said on Fox News.
“Then and only then that America will decide who won the
race.”
Trump has repeatedly made groundless allegations of fraud and
has even claimed that he won the election despite projections based
on results showing Biden as the clear victor.
Biden currently has at least 279 electoral votes, with only 270
needed to win. Trump has 214.
AFP
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