After All, The Election Suit Is A Right Trump Must Defend: Lessons From Republican Attitude
JAKARTA - Republican figures in Congress support the lawsuit by the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump over the election vote count that won the Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden. The condition is that Trump must have strong evidence.
A number of Republican senators have recognized Biden's victory. Many more have yet to admit it. But they are said to have agreed to give Trump a chance to file a lawsuit.
What everyone has to realize today is that after all, the election result challenge is a constitutional right that deserves respect for Trump. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, a state that Trump could easily win, said, "President Donald Trump's campaign team must provide evidence to support allegations of election fraud."
Portman added that he hoped the state and the courts would take efficient steps in dealing with this problem. But, according to Reuters, what happened behind the scenes, some senators were even more explicit.
"I think the goal here is to give the president and his campaign team room to show that there is real evidence to support the election fraud claim. If there is evidence, then they should immediately prosecute. If there isn't, we'll just forget about it," said an aide. senior Republican in the Senate.
The second senior aide said most Republican senators did support Trump's rights. But they are also curious because they do not get enough evidence. "At some point it has to be given. And I'll give it a week or two."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the top Republican figure in Congress made a stern statement that was more seen as a continuation of the rhetoric during the 2020 campaign than a call to take post-election issues more seriously.
Meanwhile, Senator Marco Rubio on Monday, November 9 evening still refused to recognize Biden as elected president. But answering journalists' questions about unsubstantiated allegations of fraud in hotly contested states, such as Pennsylvania, Rubio said he was not in a position to reasonably know what was going on outside his Florida state.
Also problematic for some Republican senators are the second round of elections in Georgia on January 5 that will determine whether next year the Republic controls the senate or not. When asked about Trump's lawsuit against Biden's victory, Republican Senator Mike Rounds replied, "Number one, we have to focus on Georgia and how important it is."
He hinted that if Georgia, contesting the two senate seats, fall to Democrats, Republicans will no longer be dominant in the senate.