Some GOP Senators Pressure Trump to Wind Down Election Disputes
- Trump seeks to ‘subvert the will of the people,’ Romney says
- Alexander says election’s loser should ‘put the country first’
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More Republican senators are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse or discredit the outcome of the election. Mitt Romney issued the strongest response, denouncing the president for acting to “subvert the will of the people.”
“Having failed to make even a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court of law, the president has now resorted to overt pressure on state and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election,” Romney, a Utah Republican, said in a statement posted on Twitter late Thursday. “It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting president.”