WATCH: Senate Leader McConnell Reaffirms President Trump’s Message On The Election (VIDEO)
Re-elected Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said, “According to preliminary results, voters across the nation elected and reelected Republican senators to a degree that actually stunned prognosticators (referring to media). Likewise, the American people seem to have reacted to House Democrats’ radicalism and obstruction by shrinking the Speaker’s majority and electing more Republicans. And then there is the presidential race. Obviously, no states have yet certified their election result. We have at least one or two states that are already on track for a recount. And I believe the president may have legal challenges underway in at least five states. The core principle here is not complicated. In the United States of America, all legal ballots must be counted and illegal ballots must not be counted. The process should be transparent or observable by all sides and the courts are here to work through concerns.”
Senator McConnell spoke about the 2020 Presidential Election and pointed out the failure of the foretold ‘blue wave’ and how Republicans appear to be retaining Senate control and have shrunk the number of Democrats in the House.
McConnell also defended President Trump’s decision to litigate potential vote discrepancies in swing states. McConnell recalled the controversial 2020 Election when the Supreme Court eventually decided former President Bush won
Sen. McConnell said, “President Trump is one hundred percent within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. Let’s go back 20 years ago. 20 years ago, when Florida came down to a very thin margin, we saw Vice President Gore exhaust the legal system and wait to concede until December. More recently, weeks after the media had called President Bush’s reelection in 2004, Democrats baselessly disputed Ohio’s elections, electors and delayed the process here in Congress. In 2016, election laws, saw recounts or legal challenges in several states. If any major irregularities occurred this time of a magnitude, it would affect the outcome, then every single American should want them to be brought to light. And if Democrats feel confident they have not occurred, they should have no reason to fear any extra scrutiny.”
McConnell also pointed out that Hillary Clinton once said not to concede ‘under any circumstances’
The Senator recalled, “In late August, Secretary Hillary Clinton said, ‘Joe Biden should not concede under any circumstances.’ I think this is going to drag out and he will win it if we don’t give an edge.”
In August 2020 Hillary Clinton said, “Joe Biden should not concede under any circumstances because I think this is going to drag out and eventually I do believe he will win.”
