Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina was pressed at least six times in a TV interview Sunday on whether he would accept this November’s results. He repeatedly declined to do so.
By Patrick Svitek, The Washington PostFormer president Donald Trump speaks with Sen. Tim Scott and moderator Laura Ingraham during a Fox News town hall in Greenville, S.C., in February.
He continued to evade the question even as the interviewer, NBC News’s Kristen Welker, reminded him that a “hallmark of our democracy is that both candidates agree to a peaceful transfer of power.” Trump also has suggested he may not accept the results of the next election, including in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that was published last week.
“I think the potential for another Jan. 6 is there,” Rep. Bennie G. Thompson , who chaired the House select committee that examined the attack on the Capitol, told CBS News this week. “The majority of the people who orchestrated Jan. 6 are now saying, in so many words, ‘I’m not certain that I will accept the findings of the 2024 election.’”President Biden, in an interview with CNN aired Wednesday night, said that if he wins the November election, Trump will not admit defeat.
The White House has emphasized that Biden will accept the 2024 results, while his reelection campaign has repeatedly criticized Trump and his allies for continuing to sow doubt about the legitimacy of elections in America. Election denialism continues to permeate the national GOP, which went through a Trump-backed takeover earlier this year.The Washington Post reported in March that those applying for jobs at the Republican National Committee were asked in job interviews if they thought the 2020 election was stolen. And more recently, the RNC’s top lawyer, Charlies Spies, resigned amid a rift with Trump over Spies’s past criticism of Trump, including over his false claims about the 2020 election.
“We will see if this is a legal and valid election,” Stefanik told NBC News, citing efforts that were pending at the time to remove Trump from the primary ballot in a handful of states over his role in the Jan. 6 attack.Another potential Trump vice-presidential candidate, Rep. Byron Donalds , declined in March to say whether he would certify the 2028 election results if he were vice president.“If you have state officials who are violating the election law in their states ...
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