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While some Republicans distanced themselves from Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of fraud in Tuesday’s election, Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz enthusiastically supported him in back-to-back appearances on Fox News.
US President Donald Trump raises his fist after speaking on Election Night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early November 4, 2020. Image: AFP
WASHINGTON – Two allies of Donald Trump in the Senate warned Thursday that Republicans may reject the legitimacy of the voting results if they turn against the embattled president.
While some Republicans distanced themselves from Trump’s unsubstantiated accusations of fraud in Tuesday’s election, Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz enthusiastically backed him in back-to-back appearances on Fox News.
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“I’ll tell you the president is angry and I am angry and voters should be angry,” Cruz told network host Sean Hannity, whose late-night show is one of Trump’s favorites.
Cruz falsely alleged that Pennsylvania’s Democratic attorney general had ordered a recount of votes in Philadelphia, the largest city in the state, “until Joe Biden wins.”
“We need to get in there now,” Cruz said of the voting centers.
Pennsylvania officials say they will continue to count votes from Tuesday’s election until all ballots have been counted.
The Republican-led state legislature had refused to allow the counting of votes before Election Day despite a flood of mail-in ballots due to security concerns in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The last ballots to be counted are largely from Philadelphia and are expected to favor Biden, who would conquer the White House with a victory in the state.
When asked by Hannity if the Pennsylvania legislature could refuse to acknowledge the results and instead give the state electoral votes to Trump, Graham replied, “I think everything should be on the table.”
“The Philadelphia elections are twisted like a snake. Why are they excluding people? Because they don’t want people to see what they are doing,” said Graham, who easily won re-election Tuesday in South Carolina despite a big boost from the Democrats.
The Trump campaign has pushed for its observers to have closer access to the vote count.
The city had allowed observers in, but asked them to keep a distance of at least 15 feet (4.5 meters) due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
A court on Thursday sided with the Trump campaign and allowed observers to get closer, but the Philadelphia Board of Elections appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, saying the observers had sufficient access under the law.
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