ON FIRE: McConnell Will Brook 'No Lectures' From Dems Who 'Spent Four Years' Rejecting the 2016 Election

“Let’s not have any lectures, no lectures, about how the president should immediately, cheerfully accept preliminary election results from the same characters who just spent four years refusing to accept the validity of the last election and who insinuated that this one would be illegitimate too if they lost again — only if they lost,” the majority leader added. In fact, millions of Americans signed a petition urging the electors to vote for Hillary Clinton after Trump won in 2016.

 PJ Media  "On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) celebrated Republican victories in the 2020 elections and defended President Donald Trump’s decision to challenge the preliminary results of the presidential race. He emphasized that “no states have yet certified their election results” and noted that the American system is actually built to allow for legal challenges in the case of serious election concerns.

“ 'According to preliminary results, voters across the nation elected and reelected Republican senators to a degree that actually stunned prognosticators,” McConnell noted. “Likewise, the American people seem to have reacted to house Democrats’ radicalism and obstruction by shrinking the House speaker’s majority and electing more Republicans. And then there’s the presidential race.”

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"While Trump’s challenges should be taken seriously, at this point, Biden’s leads seem too considerable for recounts or specific complaints — like post-Election Day ballots in Pennsylvania — to overturn the expected result. It is premature for news outlets to call Biden the president-elect, but Trump has a rather large hurdle to cross.

"Americans should support a vigorous debate about the challenges that Trump and his campaign raise, in order to deal with serious concerns and ultimately put fears to rest, whether or not those challenges ultimately reverse Biden’s leads.

"No matter who wins the presidential election, it will be better for the country if neither side fears that voter fraud or other election shenanigans cost its candidate the presidency. McConnell was right to defend Trump’s challenges and Americans should take them seriously."