New - GOP senators ready to acknowledge Biden’s win next week but confront Trump’s refusal to concede. “It is unhealthy for the well-being of our country, and our relations around the world if we spend time debating the outcome of the election,” Moran says cnn.com/2020/12/09/pol…
Thune, No. 2 Senate R: "I don't know that he's ever going to concede. ... I think the Electoral College obviously brings some finality to this. And I think that with all the kind of tumult and swirl we've had for the past several weeks, it'll be good to get things settled down."
"I think every indication is that unless something dramatic changes, the Electoral College is going to elect Joe Biden next week," Rubio said. "At that point, I would expect the President to acknowledge that even if he doesn't agree with the way we got there."
Many Rs won’t say if Trump should concede next week. Sen. Joni Ernst, asked if Trump should concede after the Electoral College votes, said: "We want to make sure every legal vote is counted. I think that's really, really important. I think that's what the President wants”
Texas Sen. John Cornyn told me of the Texas case challenging the results: “It's an interesting theory, but I'm not convinced."
Sen. Mitt Romney called the Texas lawsuit "simply madness" and "dangerous and destructive of the cause of democracy."
Sen. Mitt Romney called the Texas lawsuit "simply madness" and "dangerous and destructive of the cause of democracy."
Grassley says Biden will be president-elect next week, but when asked if he would urge Trump to concede then, he said: “Trump's going to do what Trump is going to do. That's the only answer I'm going to give you."
Asked if he'd consider Biden the President-elect after Monday, North Carolina's Sen. Thom Tillis said: "I think that pending the outcome of the legal challenges, yes."
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