Published 12:57 IST, November 23rd 2020
Trump faces growing pressure from Republicans to drop his fight against election result
Amid the chaotic US election, President Donald Trump is now facing growing pressure from the Republicans to drop his last-ditch to overturn the election result.
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Amid chaotic US election, President Donald Trump is w facing growing pressure from Republicans to drop his last-ditch to overturn election result and to concede. Ever since vember 3 election, Trump has been mounting legal challenges to projected winner Joe Biden. He has continued to make baseless claims harming integrity of democratic process.
While some Republican leers in Washington continue to stand behind his “voter fraud” claims, or prominent figures, including two of his former national security visers, were blunt. John Bolton, who is Trump’s former national security viser, said that Biden would be sworn in in January and ded that real question is “how much dam Trump can do before that happens”. While speaking to CNN’s State of Union show, Bolton said that President’s efforts were designed mainly to sow chaos and confusion. He even ted that Trump campaign has so far lost all but two of more than 30 legal challenges in various states.
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Ar former Trump ministration national security viser, HR McMaster also said that Trump’s efforts were “very corrosive” and warned that his actions were sowing doubt among electorate. He told CBS’ Face Nation that Trump’s baseless claims are playing into hands of versaries, warning that Russia “doesn’t care who wins” as long as Americans doubt result, undermining US democracy.
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Furr, New Jersey goverr and viser to president Chris Christie said that Trump’s legal team was a “national embarrassment”. Maryland goverr, Larry Hogan, ar Republican, also took to Twitter and said that he was confident Biden would be sworn in on schedule on January 20. He also ded that he is embarrassed at lack of party leership speaking out to recognise election result.
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Earlier, Jared Kushner, who is t only senior viser but also US President’s son-in-law, approached him to concede as per two CNN sources. Meanwhile, ar source of media outlet familiar with conversations revealed that Melania h privately said that time has come for US President to accept his loss in presidential election as most major media networks have declared. Trump will also be first US President in three deces to have failed in his reelection bid.
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12:59 IST, November 23rd 2020