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Donald Trump, in the White House, allegedly approached to concede on behalf of Jared Kushner, but he still did not flinch, “he is without a doubt the most powerful voice of our party,” the senator from Utah and Republican presidential candidate said this morning in 2008, Mitt Romney.
The presidential election was called for Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, on Saturday when Pennsylvania moved to its polling station column five days after the election.
Trump, who responded defiantly, “will have a huge impact on our party going forward,” Romney told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.
“I think the vast majority of the people who voted for Donald Trump want to make sure his principles and policies are followed. So yeah, it’s not disappearing in any way. He is the 900 pound gorilla when it comes to the Republican Party.. “
Romney is a relatively moderate in Trump’s Republican party and a relatively independent voice: he voted for impeachment, but also voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court with unprecedented haste.
“The presidential race,” he told NBC, considering the Republican successes in the legislative, state and local elections, “was more of a referendum question on one person. And in terms of policy, we did pretty well. ”
Trump continues to claim without proof that the electoral fraud meant that his electoral defeat was rigged. When asked what he would like Trump to do differently, Romney said: “We are not going to change President Trump and his nature in the last days of his presidency. So I don’t think I’m going to give you advice on what to do.
“Clearly, the people of the past, like me, who lost the elections, have acted in a way that said, ‘Look, I know the eyes of the world are on us. The eyes of our own people are on the institutions we have. The eyes of history are on us.
“In an environment like this, we want to preserve something that is much more important than ourselves or even our party. And that is preserving the cause of freedom and democracy here and around the world. But the president is going to do what he has traditionally done, what he is doing now.
“… And by the way, you have every right to request recounts. Because we are talking about a 10,000 vote margin here or less, in some cases. So a count could change the result. He wants to look at the irregularities, pursue that in court. But if, as expected, those things don’t change the outcome, he will accept the inevitable. “
Host Chuck Todd prompted Romney to say slightly harsher words about Trump’s behavior.
“I think it’s okay to go through all the legal avenues you have,” Romney said. “But I think you have to be careful when choosing your words. I think when you say that the elections were corrupt, stolen, or rigged, sadly that’s the rhetoric that authoritarians around the world adopt.
“And I think it also discourages trust in our democratic process here at home. And with a battle between authoritarianism and freedom right now, I think it is very important that we not use language that can encourage a course in history that would be very, very unfortunate. “
