Lindsey Graham Reveals Outrageous Position on Election Results
Republicans apparently haven’t cast aside the possibility of overturning another election.
At least two top GOP lawmakers have felt the need to add caveats to statements affirming that they’ll embrace the outcome come November, including the former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham.
“Will you accept the results of the 2024 election no matter who wins?” prompted MSNBC’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker on Sunday.
“Yeah, I’ll accept them if there’s no massive cheating,” Graham said. In the same breath, Graham specified that he “accepted 2020” as a measure of his commitment to accepting election outcomes, even though he clearly hasn’t let go of the outcome enough not to buy in a little to his party’s election interference scandal.
WELKER: Will you accept the results of the 2024 election no matter who wins?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2024
LINDSEY GRAHAM: Yeah, I'll accept them if there's no massive cheating pic.twitter.com/H8tvRorrXw
Meanwhile, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance fully committed to accepting the results of the general election—so long as Trump is the victor.
“Look Dana, I fully commit to accept the results of 2024. I think that Donald Trump will be the victory,” Vance told CNN’s Dana Bash. “If it’s a free and fair election, Dana, I think every Republican will enthusiastically accept the results. And again, I think that those results will show that Donald Trump will be reelected president.”
DANA BASH: Will you commit to accepting the results of this year's election?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2024
JD VANCE: I totally plan to accept the results of 2024. I think that Donald Trump will be the victor. I think those results will show that Donald Trump was elected. pic.twitter.com/CsY1LBX409
Conservatives have insisted—without evidence—that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump since he refused to concede to President Joe Biden’s victory. The scandal resulted in a slew of criminal charges for Trump and his allies in their efforts to undermine elections in swing states such as Arizona and Georgia. Simultaneously, news outlets that aired the baseless allegations, including Fox News and Newsmax, are under the gun for historic defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies. The gamut of lies has been thoroughly debunked, but Republicans attempting to curry favor with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee continue to double down on it.