Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is calling on his Republican colleagues to come together just one day before the Electoral College votes on the election.
“As Abraham Lincoln said, a house divided against itself cannot stand. Our nation, our conservative movement, our Republican Party can’t stand if we are divided against ourselves. So, at some point, we have to come together for all those reasons,” Cassidy said during his appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
Jake Tapper asked Cassidy if it is time for President Donald Trump and other Republicans to accept the election results and move forward.
“I will note that when the President instructed the General Services Administration to begin the transition process, the GSA, that that was an acknowledgment that a transition was taking place,” Cassidy said.
Watch his comments below:
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Pres. Trump's recent efforts to thwart the election results: "I will note that when the President instructed the General Services Administration to begin the transition process… that was an acknowledgment that a transition was taking place" #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/39WVhpNwjN
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) December 13, 2020
Cassidy acknowledged Biden as the president-elect and noted he has obtained more than 270 Electoral College votes.
“As we’re a nation of laws, and this is the Constitution, and this is the law, and this is how it breaks out, and the courts have ruled, then President Biden’s going to be our next president,” Cassidy continued.
He recognized there is still disappointment with Trump’s loss, but “in terms of the functional aspect of actually beginning the transition, that has begun.”
The president continues to falsely claim he won the election.
In a Twitter rant Thursday, Trump called Biden an “illegitimate president,” as IJR previously reported.
The Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit Friday brought by Texas seeking to overturn election results in four different states.
Trump’s legal team has received criticism for its failed effort to provide evidence for widespread voter fraud.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called the legal theory put forth by Trump’s team an “absurdity.”
Former Vice President Al Gore said the lawsuit “got the result that it deserved.”
