South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday did not immediately reply several thoughts about regardless of whether he’d acknowledge the outcomes of the 2024 presidential election, irrespective of who wins.
“At the conclusion of the working day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump,” Scott, a Republican, mentioned the first time he was immediately requested irrespective of whether he would dedicate to accepting the election benefits on NBC News’ “Fulfill the Press.”
Asked once again by moderator Kristen Welker to remedy, “Certainly or no?” to the authentic query, Scott merely said, “That is my statement.”
Pressed a third time to answer the problem, Scott explained, “I glance forward to President Trump being the 47th president — the American men and women will make the determination.”
Previously this thirty day period, Trump himself told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he would only take the results of the presidential election in Wisconsin “if everything’s genuine.”
“If everything’s trustworthy, I’d gladly acknowledge the outcomes,” he stated, adding, “If it’s not, you have to fight for the appropriate of the place.”
Scott ran for president final calendar year, tough Trump for the Republican nomination. He dropped out in November and ultimately endorsed the previous president.
Now, he’s greatly viewed as to be on the shortlist for Trump’s vice presidential select.
But pursuing the 2020 presidential election, when Trump questioned the integrity of the election and baselessly alleged that voter fraud took put in states throughout the region, Scott made available a distinct tone.
Forward of the Jan. 6, 2021, congressional session to certify the presidential election effects, Scott explained, “The President’s lawful crew exercised its correct to entry the courts by initiating suits in state and federal courts in various states. Some of these lawsuits have even been presided more than and adjudicated by conservative judges nominated by President Trump. Consequently considerably, no justice, decide or reality finder has identified evidence indicating the election final results in all those states should really be overturned.”
He extra, “As I read the Constitution, there is no constitutionally practical signifies for the Congress to overturn an election wherein the states have qualified and despatched their Electors,” and later on voted to certify the benefits of the presidential election.
Even afterwards on the campaign path, Scott disagreed with voters who claimed the 2020 election was stolen.
“I do not imagine the election was stolen. I do believe that that states designed a new program, mail-in ballots, that did not have signature verification,” Scott explained all through a campaign occasion in June in Davenport, Iowa.
After thoughts about “cheating” in the election from an viewers member, Scott extra, “There was dishonest, but was the election stolen? There is a variance. I consider each election there is cheating.”
