US Senate's McConnell says Trump is within his rights to probe election 'irregularities'

Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Senate Majority leer Mitch McConnell on vember 9 said that Republican incumbent Donald Trump is well within his rights to look into charges of “irregularities” in election result. Trump has yet to ackwledge defeat two days after Biden secured eugh votes in state-by-state Electoral College to win. He has declined to concede and is mounting legal fights, but re has been indication or evidence of voter irregularities or fraud in election. 

In his a speech on Senate floor, McConnell said that President Trump is “100% within his rights” to look into allegations of “irregularities” and weigh his legal options. While he did t ackwledge Biden as president-elect t his running mate Kamala Harris as vice president-elect, he, however, took a swipe at media outlets that called election for Demarcation leer. McConnell said that Constitution gives role in this process to wealthy media corporations. 

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“Let’s t have any lectures. lectures about how president should immediately, cheerfully accept preliminary election results from same characters who just spent four years refusing to accept validity of last one,” McConnell was quoted saying by media outlets. 

Just a handful of Senate Republicans have so far congratulated Biden on his victory. McConnell’s comments were his first public remarks after Democratic leer was declared winner on Saturday. Associated Press h called Biden as winner with a clear majority of 290 electoral votes as opposed to 214 for Republican leer. 

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Biden’s win leaves Republicans divided 

Republicans in United States appear to be divided on projected win by President-elect Joe Biden even as President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat and claimed widespre voter fraud. While some Grand Old Party (GOP) lawmakers were more accepting of Biden's le on Sunday, ors supported Trump's narrative of voter fraud, calling for legal challenges by his campaign.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah congratulated Biden on his win on Saturday, although he said that Trump will 'keep on fighting until very end'. "You're t going to change nature of President Trump in se last days, apparently, of his presidency," Romney said. Soon after Biden was projected to be next US President, Trump refused to accept defeat, saying that election was "far from over", and promised legal challenges by his re-election campaign. Maryland Republican Goverr Larry Hogan said on Sunday that though any potential evidence of widespre voter fraud should be released, but it would t reverse projected election results.

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