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13 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Republicans were quick to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump in 2016.

Now, those same Republicans are refusing to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.

My latest @thefix supercut:

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…

MITCH MCCONNELL

2016: “Time to accept the results of the election”

2020: Trump “100% within his rights” to challenge election

KEVIN MCCARTHY

2016: “I don’t like the idea of [a] recount”

2020: “Every recount needs to be finished”

LINDSEY GRAHAM

2016: Baseless Trump fraud claims “erode” system

2020: “Trump should not concede”

RAND PAUL

2016: “I don’t think that there are millions of people that are voting illegally”

2020: Dead people might be voting

MITCH MCCONNELL on Nov 16, 2016:

“I think President Obama should be commended for the way he handled himself after the election—Vice President Biden, Hillary Clinton. Time to accept the results of the election, to lower the tone”

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) held a news conference less than 12 hours after Trump’s 2016 victory speech to congratulate President-elect Trump.

McConnell has now gone more than 6 days without congratulating President-elect Joe Biden.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…

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The state made them stop.

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“The Committee found no reason to dispute the Intelligence Community’s conclusions.”

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"The ICA correctly found the Russians interfered in our 2016 election to hurt Secretary Clinton and help the candidacy of Donald Trump. Our review … found that this and other conclusions were well-supported.”

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