Barack Obama has expressed concern about attempts by Republican leaders to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and said they are defending President Donald Trump’s “false claims” of voter fraud because they are “intimidated” by it.
Democrat Joe Biden was declared the winner of the November 3 presidential election, but President Trump, a Republican, has refused to admit defeat and has filed multiple lawsuits, challenging the results of polls in various states.
“It has worried me, as I think every American, be it Democrat, Republican or Independent, should be worried, when you start having attempts to block, deny, revoke people’s vote when there is no real evidence that something was happening? illegal or fraudulent? “Former President Obama told MSNBC.
He also criticized conservative media outlets for giving a platform to Trump’s unsubstantiated claims.
“And to the extent that you’ve seen some media outlets that cater to the right wing and the conservative point of view, they kind of try to shore up these, you know, false claims,” said Obama, the first African-American president.
In the latter phase of the campaign, Obama had campaigned for former Vice President Biden and Kamala Harris Harris in some of the key states on the battlefield of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida and Georgia.
Trump’s beleaguered campaign has defied vote counting in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, among other states. Several of his lawsuits have been dismissed.
“They have been repeatedly rejected by the courts. I’m less surprised that Trump does this; it has only shown a weak relationship with the truth. I’m more concerned that they see that many Republican officials agree, not because they really believe it, but because they are intimidated by it, “Obama said.
Obama said there is a difference between 2008 and now in 2020.
“The way Trump is behaving in the transition is very different from the way George Bush behaved in his last months, when he was in office, and since we are in the middle of a pandemic, we do not know what the inauguration will be like. . what did you say.
President-elect Biden is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021.
“But I think Biden is right in saying that we should all make an effort to do our best to lower the temperature and listen to the other side. But I think when you have a current president whose style is to divide the fans, it’s difficult while he’s on stage, ”Obama said.
Biden won the Republican stronghold of Georgia on Thursday, becoming the first Democrat to win the key state on the battlefield since 1992.
With Georgia’s 16 electoral votes, Biden will now have 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. To win the race for the White House, the successful candidate must have at least 270 electoral votes from the 538-member Electoral College. PTI LKJ PMS AKJ PMS
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