Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell heatedly criticized Democrats in Congress for their reaction to conservative’s skepticism of the 2020 presidential election. A presumed confidence in the election results and the expectation for an immediate acceptance of the results is, in McConnell’s view, a matter of hypocrisy.
McConnell pointed out that Democrats have spent the last four years questioning the validity of the presidential election that put Trump in office. They even went as far as to blame Russian involvement for the President’s victory in 2016.
Now that a number of conservative voices—including legal challenges from the Trump campaign—have expressed concerns about the legitimacy of the vote, McConnell says Democrats don’t have a leg to stand on if they’re going to try to criticize that concern.
“Let’s not have any lecture about how the president should immediately, cheerfully accept the preliminary election results from the same characters who spent four years refusing to accept the validity of the last election and who insinuated this election would be illegitimate too,” McConnell said.
Recounts have been requested by the Trump campaign in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. These recounts have been largely criticized by leftward political figures as illegitimate attempts by Donald Trump to hang on to the presidency.
McConnell debunked Democratic claims that Donald Trump’s legal challenge to some voting results were a threat to the integrity of the election process.
“A few legal inquiries from the President do not exactly spell the end of the republic,” he said. “We will wake up on January 21 still blessed to live in the greatest nation the world has ever seen. And in no small part that is because we respect the rule of law, we trust our institutions and neither of those things is outweighed by partisans or the press.”
The official results of the presidential election will be declared by Congress in January after recounts have been conducted.
If it was really going to change the outcome that would be one thing but the number difference is to big to do that. Trump needs to end this stupidity
America should be hanging her head in shame. What an utter disaster this has become. Fair and safe election’s? The entire world is scratching their heads. We are better than this. Next election, be aware the world still has lying eyes and hands like thieves. We are watching and praying.
The fraud they committed in this election is so obvious that they should be hanging their heads with tails between their legs. If they can’t try to win without cheating, they are an embarrassment to the American people and should leave congress on the principles of the law or be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We want Justice for the constant cheating and trying to unseat a President who didn’t do as they say and Joe Biden has been caught red handed taking money from other countries like communist China through his son who better be prosecuted as well.
We are tired of their games and getting away with crimes they have committed.
OF COURSE ANY DEMENTED DEMOCRAP WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYONE QUESTIONING THEIR MOTIVES REGARDING OUR ELECTION -‘ they don’t want anyone finding out the TRUTH. AND WHAT IS THE “TRUTH”? It is that the deluded dimwit Democrats secretly conspired to manipulate this election either through fraudulent dead people, criminals, or those mentally incapacitated BALLOTS– which ALL ARE ILLEGAL BALLOTS OR through reprogramming the Dominion Voting Machines, which can easily be hacked!
Oh, but don’t tell those idiot dems, because they think they really pulled a fast one over on us “dumbed down” Americans.
WATCH YOUR BACKS DEMS. AMERICANS ARE MORE THAN ANGRY, THEY ARE “FIGHTING ANGRY” which may bring a whole new Sport to this election called a “CIVIL WAR”! You demented (look up that definition if you don’t know what it means) democrats have worn your welcome thin in our Country. Time for you idiots to go live someplace else — perhaps the Middle East or even China. I’m sure those countries would love to have you, especially the Bidens who have an interest in their govt already! Duh!
BECAUSE AMERICA DOESN’T WANT YOU IN OUR NATION ANY MORE! GO! GET! ADIOS!
About time someone spoke clear headed truths!
Set them all straight, McConnell!
The press does Not rule!
DEATH TO CENSORSHIP!
Restore the Constitution!
God Bless America!
I am praying that we can successfully prove that the 2020 election was corrupted by mail-in voting and secret vote counting by the Democrat-run election sites. When I heard that tens of thousands of mail-in votes with President Trump’s name were dumped in a ditch, I knew that we were looking at a rigged vote. Please keep demanding the truth. Our country is in danger. We need President Trump to lead us, and continue his tremendous successes toward making America great. Thank you Senator McConnell.
It is sad and frightening that the republications and democrats can’t come to agreement on much of anything…meanwhile, our free country is in jeopardy, and citizens are dying by the thousands from Covid 19. Our economy is an embarrassment; the stock market is super volatile. Our current president is too busy tweating and watching his own back. I would believe most of the people that are in elected positions; don’t give 2 shits about the general public; other than obtaining their vote.
Forget the recount to many fraud votes,all you will recount is the fraud votes,TIME TO DO A NEW ELECTION ONE PERSON ONE VOTE IN PERSON PERIOD !
Checking out our leader’s ages and would appear me that McConnell needs to retire…
I agree with him. A president shouldn’t give his consent until all investigations are done and recounts are complete. The dems think that Americans are stupid and will tire of this. The republicans should do the same to the dems. And to Whoopi the dems didn’t suck it up for the last 3+ years, so don’t get your dreadlocks in a tangled mess. Americans should keep our elections CLEAN, and cleaned up, get dead people off, fix out of state voting when clearly their living somewhere else. Everyone knows that President Trump’s persistence on a vaccine before year end is his doing, not Biden.
It’s about time Americans “stand up” to clean up our election rules. Hold these states accountable! Our armed services and veterans deserve better.
How dare Mitch McConnell praise Espy after he was fired by the President! You are walking a fine line regarding where your loyalties lie! I’m wishing you had not been reelected after that stunt! There’s gotta be a better republican that supports the President in your district! Everyone needs to show solidarity for our President and you fell short of the mark here!
The magnitude of the fraud will likely be impossible to prove. So I suspect that all the legal challenges will not change the outcome of the presidential election.
That said, the fraud at multiple levels MUST be exposed and punished to the extent of the law and then must be re-examined.