The Republicans secured a majority in the Senate in the November presidential election and this gives them more leeway to exert pressure than the election result.
In this context, Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today that President Donald Trump has the absolute right to investigate any “irregularities” in last week's presidential election.
“President Trump has an absolute right to investigate allegations of wrongdoing and weigh his legal options,” McConnell said.
Earlier, however, two other Republican senators, Susan Collins and Ben Sasse, congratulated Biden on his “apparent victory” in the election, with Collins stressing the importance of the transition of power to ensure that the president-elect and Harris will be ready to govern by January 20, the inauguration day of the new US president.
Re-elected Collins stressed, however, that outgoing President Trump should be given the opportunity to legally challenge the results of Tuesday's election if he believes there were irregularities.
Trump still refuses to admit defeat, indulging in two of his favorite sports. Golf and Twitter, where he constantly posts tweets in the belief that he has emerged victorious and the agency itself “brands” them as “possible misinformation”.
After Collins and Sasse, four Republican senators have congratulated Biden. The other two are Lisa Markowski of Alaska and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney of Utah.
Most senators from the Republican party have so far avoided commenting publicly on the result, after major US media organisations declared Biden the winner of the election, based on the vote count so far.
Other Republicans, like Senator Lindsey Graham, are urging Trump to keep fighting. House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Fox News yesterday (Sunday) that “every legal challenge must be considered” before Americans can decide “who won the election.”.
