US elections: Republican governor criticizes Trump’s ‘dangerous’ actions

It appears that even some Republicans have growing doubts about Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud, with one governor even criticizing the president’s unwillingness to accept the election result as “dangerous.”

Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan asked Trump to publicly release any evidence he has of voter fraud or to allow for a smooth transition from power to Joe Biden.

“I think if the president and his team have real evidence of widespread electoral fraud, they should present it,” he said during a recent press conference when asked about Trump’s legal claims.

“This is how it works in the United States. We cast the votes, we count the votes and we live with the results.

He added: “I think most people realize that this election is over.”

Hogan said Trump had the right to file legal challenges if he had strong reason to believe voter fraud was committed, but said he had not yet seen any convincing evidence to turn the election result in his favor.

The governor of Maryland said that not allowing Biden’s team to begin the normal presidential transition process actually puts American citizens at risk.

“It’s really dangerous, I think, in the middle of this pandemic, this economic collapse, people dying across the country, not having a transition. Is the old coronavirus task force going to make decisions, is it the new one?”

“It’s crazy. We have to move on.”

Hogan was one of the first Republican leaders to congratulate Biden on his election victory, and since then other party members have followed suit.

However, there are still some Republicans who have avoided asking Trump to grant the election.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is one of the most notable. He refused to acknowledge Biden’s victory and expressed support for Trump’s fraud allegations.

Hogan said he was “disappointed” by the actions of some of his fellow Republicans.

“Frankly, I was disappointed, and I said it before with some of the responses from leader McConnell and others who have a completely different opinion and I think it’s wrong,” he said.

“I think it is a mistake for the country. It is a mistake for the Republican Party and, above all, given that we have the Senate in the balance and two second-round elections in Georgia, to do anything to tarnish the brand and have cost us votes. it is a beautiful thing, very significant “.

Signs of cracks in the Republican Party began to appear as Biden began to gain momentum in key states, prompting Trump to first voice his claims of voter fraud and call for the count to be stopped.

At the time, Hogan said there was “no defense” for the president’s comments, which he said undermined the democratic process.

“No choice or person is more important than our democracy,” he said.

Representative Will Hurd called Trump’s call to stop counting votes “dangerous and wrong.”

Trump’s campaign team has already filed a number of lawsuits related to voter fraud in key states, and many of their submissions have already been rejected.

On Monday, he filed another complaint with the United States District Court, seeking an emergency order to prevent Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar from certifying the election results.

The lawsuit alleges that some 682,479 absentee and mail ballots were received and processed in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties alone, “without review by political parties and candidates.”

Trump’s lawyers argue that Pennsylvania election officials ignored legal requirements around vote-by-mail ballots, which accounted for more than 2.6 million of the approximately 6.75 million votes, and that ballots were prevented from voting. Republican observers “observe the receipt, review, opening and tabulation” of those ballots.

“Those mail-in ballots are evaluated on a track completely parallel to ballots cast in person,” the presentation says.

“In a rush to count mail-in ballots and ensure that Democrat Joe Biden is elected, Pennsylvania has created an illegal two-tier voting system for the 2020 general election, devaluing in-person votes.”