Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) successful a Sunday interrogation urged “respect" for "our elections” arsenic the 2024 predetermination looms.
“We person to respect our elections, and I get it, candidates person the close to spell to tribunal and appeal, oregon to situation versus … assorted processes,” Bacon told NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt successful an interrogation connected “The Hill Sunday.”
Bacon, alongside 5 different Republicans, signed onto a bipartisan missive released successful September headed up by centrists vowing to respect the results of the November election.
“In America, we respect predetermination results particularly erstwhile the courts and appeals enactment done the process,” Bacon said successful a connection astatine the time. “We combat hard to triumph during campaigns and past respect the results erstwhile the votes are counted.
Bacon said that determination should beryllium nary “reticence astatine each to accidental we’re gonna enactment the victor of the elections, period.”
Former President Trump’s denial of the 2020 predetermination results has returned to the headlines arsenic Election Day has neared. In a statement against Vice President Harris last month, Trump expressed pushback toward the thought that helium had accepted losing to President Biden 4 years ago.
“No, I don’t admit that astatine all,” Trump said.
Trump’s moving mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, besides recently said that the erstwhile president didn’t look a nonaccomplishment against Biden successful 2020 “by the words that I would use.”
“I deliberation determination were superior problems successful 2020. So did Donald Trump suffer the election? Not by the words that I would use,” Vance said astatine a run lawsuit successful Pennsylvania.
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