Reporter Confronts GOP Senator On Congratulating President-Elect Joe Biden And He Responds With: “Nothing To Congratulate Him About”

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We can add Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, to the lengthy list of Trump loyalists who refuse to acknowledge the presidential election results. And we also have Florida Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO). While this is embarrassing, it’s also unhealthy for our Republic. President-elect Joe Biden won both the popular and electoral votes and has begun having calls with foreign leaders this week. At the same time, Donald Trump continues to challenge the results of the election.

When Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 to then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, he claimed he won the popular vote and claimed that widespread voter fraud took place.  Trump even set up a committee to prove that widespread voter fraud is an issue. Unsurprisingly, the committee came up with nothing, and it was disbanded.

Johnson refused last week to say if he thought the election was legitimate while admitting that he had no proof of any illegal activity. And on Tuesday, he was asked by a reporter whether he has congratulated Biden. When he laughed and said, “no,” the reporter pressed on to ask, “Why not?”

Johnson shot back, “Nothing to congratulate him about.”

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And here we have Florida Senator Rick Scott, who said, “Well first off, we need to finish all the votes, all the votes need to be counted.”

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And then we have Roy Blunt falling in line behind Trump’s dubious claims. “The president wasn’t defeated by huge numbers,” the Missouri Republican falsely said. “In fact, he may not have been defeated at all.”

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We’re sorry that these Republicans are incapable of adding numbers, but Biden went beyond the 270 threshold needed to secure the White House, and he did, in fact, win the popular vote. Refusing to acknowledge Biden’s victory is an insult to this country. Biden broke Barack Obama’s record for the most votes cast for a presidential candidate. Like I said, Republicans are insulting a good portion of this country.

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