Retiring 3rd term TN GOP Senator Lamar Alexander on presidential transition: “If there is any chance whatsoever that Joe Biden will be the next president, and it looks like he has a very good chance, the Trump Admin should provide the Biden team with all transition materials..."
Alexander (R-TN): "...resources, and meetings necessary to ensure a smooth transition so that both sides are ready on day one. That especially should be true, for example, on vaccine distribution."
Alexander (R-TN):" Recounting votes and resolving disputes after a close election is not unprecedented and should reassure Americans that election results are valid."
Alexander (R-TN) on 2000 presidential election and fellow Tennessean: "Al Gore finally conceded 37 days after the 2000 election, and then made the best speech of his life accepting the result."
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on 2020 presidential election outcome:
“My hope is that the loser of this presidential election will follow Al Gore’s example, put the country first, congratulate the winner and help him to a good beginning of the new term."
Alexander (R-TN) concludes: “The prompt and orderly transfer or reaffirmation of immense power after a presidential election is the most enduring symbol of our democracy.”
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PA GOP Sen Pat Toomey:"With today’s decision by Judge Brann,a longtime conservative Republican whom I know to be a fair & unbiased jurist,to dismiss Trump campaign’s lawsuit,Pres Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of presidential race in PA."
Toomey (R-PA): "This ruling follows a series of procedural losses for President Trump’s campaign. On Friday, the state of Georgia certified the victory of Joe Biden after a hand recount of paper ballots confirmed the conclusion of the initial electronic count."
Toomey (R-PA): "Michigan lawmakers rejected the apparent attempt by President Trump to thwart the will of Michigan voters and select an illegitimate slate of electoral college electors."
Trump campaign: "Decision turns out to help us in our strategy to get expeditiously to US Supreme Court. Although we fully disagree w/this opinion,we’re thankful to Obama-appointed judge for making this anticipated decision quickly,rather than simply trying to run out the clock."
Trump campaign: "We will be seeking an expedited appeal to the Third Circuit. There is so much evidence that in PA,Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 witnesses and other evidence that election officials blatantly ignored PA’s law denying independent review."
Trump campaign: "This resulted in 682,777 ballots being cast illegally, wittingly or unwittingly. This is just an extension of the Big Tech, Big Media, Corrupt Democrat censorship of damning facts the American public needs to know."
Judge Matthew Brann,who ruled against Trump campaign lawsuit argued by Rudy Giuliani challenging PA presidential election count,was nominated by Pres. Obama to be US District Ct judge for Middle PA & confirmed by Senate by unanimous consent in 2012. c-span.org/video/?478267-…@cspan
Federal judge Brann in dismissing Trump campaign lawsuit on PA presidential election: "This Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence." courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Federal judge Brann: "In the United States of America, this
cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more."
House GOP Conference Liz Cheney (R-WY) 18 days after the 2020 presidential election: “America is governed by the rule of law. The President and his lawyers have made claims of criminality and widespread fraud, which they allege could impact election results."
Cheney (R-WY): 'If they have genuine evidence of this, they are obligated to present it immediately in court and to the American people."
Cheney (R-WY): "I understand that the President has filed more than thirty separate lawsuits. If he is unsatisfied with the results in those lawsuits, then the appropriate avenue is to appeal."
Pelosi and Schumer today held their first in person meeting since the election with President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris in Wilmington, DE.
Joint readout of today's meeting: "The president-elect and vice president-elect met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to discuss their shared priorities to provide immediate help to struggling working families and small businesses."
"President-elect Biden, Vice President-elect Harris, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader Schumer discussed the surges in COVID-19 infection rates and the corresponding economic strain that communities, working families, and small businesses are experiencing across the country."
Pelosi on Dec 11th gov't funding shutdown deadline: "Yesterday,there was a mtg of staff of the 4 corners,House & Senate Democratic & GOP ldrs.The anticipation was that it was really about the omnibus. You have to remember,we have to have an omnibus bill. We must keep gov't open."
Pelosi: "That's a very important responsibility during the lame duck. We don't want another continuing resolution. I don't think they do either."
Pelosi: "So, we have an expression, yesterday was for the staffs to deal with what we call, the ash and trash. Some of the things that are not up here, but need to be resolved so that we can move forward."