March 24, 2021
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith serves as the junior senator from the state of Mississippi. As Donald Trump began spreading lies about the election results while votes were still being counted, Sen. Hyde-Smith stated “I support President Trump as he stands his ground to demand that all votes cast lawfully in…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Rick Scott
Sen. Rick Scott serves as the junior senator from the state of Florida. Sen. Scott floated ludicrous allegations about the 2020 election results being untrustworthy. He compared the 2020 election to how elections are conducted in Venezuela, asking in one interview “how is this different than what Maduro‘s doing?”…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham
Sen. Lindsey Graham serves as the senior senator from the state of South Carolina. Sen. Graham was early to the idea of challenging the 2020 election results, with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger even accusing Graham of pressuring him to exclude legally cast ballots from Georgia’s official results.
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Roy Blunt
Sen. Roy Blunt serves as the senior senator from the state of Missouri. Sen. Blunt indulged lies about Donald Trump’s election loss early on, saying on Nov. 10 that “the President wasn’t defeated by huge numbers. In fact, he may not have been defeated at all.” He followed this…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Rob Portman
Sen. Rob Portman serves as the junior senator from the state of Ohio. Sen. Portman initially indulged Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election, saying “right now, former Vice President Biden is leading in enough states to win the presidency. But there are still votes…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell serves as the senior senator from the state of Kentucky and currently serves as the Senate Minority Leader. Though Sen. McConnell initially enabled Donald Trump’s lies about the election in the lead up to the Electoral College certification, calling Trump’s ultimately fruitless legal challenges “the…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn
Sen. John Cornyn serves as the senior senator from the state of Texas. Sen. Cornyn lightly disputed Donald Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud, stating that “I haven’t seen anything that would change the outcome.” While continuing to distance himself from Trump’s lies, Sen. Cornyn remained ambiguous about…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito serves as the junior senator from the state of West Virginia. As votes were still being counted, Sen. Capito entertained the idea that there might be fraud in the 2020 election, stating “if there’s allegations of fraud — and I’m sure that there’s been…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Thom Tillis
Sen. Thom Tillis serves as the junior senator from the state of North Carolina. Sen. Tillis reluctantly acknowledged Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, saying “he’s presumptive President. But I don’t want to discount valid, legal disputes that’ll be settled over the next couple weeks.” When all legal disputes were…
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March 24, 2021
Sen. Dan Sullivan
Sen. Dan Sullivan serves as the junior senator from the state of Alaska. Sen. Sullivan initially entertained Donald Trump’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election, saying “I think the president and his team are clearly within their rights to look into allegations or perceived irregularities, and…
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