Colorado’s Congressional Republicans Stay Quiet As President Keeps Up Unsupported Election Fraud Claims

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said none of what is happening now is “unusual.” 

“Until the Electoral College votes, anyone who’s running for office can exhaust concerns about counting in any court of appropriate jurisdiction,” McConnell said. “At some point here we’ll find out finally who is certified in each of these states, and the Electoral College will determine the winner, and that person will be sworn in on January 20th.”

The Electoral College is set to meet on Dec. 14 with electors casting votes reflective of the presidential outcome in their states.

Wadhams accuses Democrats of being “hypocrites and frauds” for pushing Trump to concede a week after the election. He notes that Democrats “did not exactly go quiet into the night after the 2016 election.” On the left a “resistance” sprang up, with many believing Trump’s win was due to Russian interference, more than the will of the voters.

The difference in 2016 was that elected Democratic leaders swiftly acknowledged Trump as the winner of the election. Hillary Clinton conceded the day after the election, shortly after national networks called the race for Trump. That same day, President Barack Obama spoke in the White House rose garden, saying, “we are all rooting for his success.”  

However, there have been cases where Democratic losers have not ever formally conceded — Sandberg points to Stacey Abrams’ Georgia gubernatorial loss in 2018, a race that also went through post-election legal maneuvering, as well.

“It’s clear there is this bipartisan growing momentum to not just be angry about election results but cast doubt on the integrity of the election itself,” Sandberg said. 

Republican Representative-elect Lauren Boebert, who declared victory in her race well before the Colorado vote is certified on Nov. 13, is a staunch supporter of Trump and has amplified his unsupported claims of fraud. She has tweeted often on the subject in the past week — declaring the election is “far from over” and that there is evidence of fraud.