Psaki: Biden Believes Midterms Will Be Legitimate Despite Voting Rights Legislation Being Blocked

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says President Joe Biden believes the 2022 midterm elections will be legitimate even though Senate Democrats failed to pass voting rights legislation.

During a press conference on Thursday, NBC’s Peter Alexander noted that Biden claimed that “the increase and the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these reforms passed.”

He asked, “So yes or no, does the president believe, if all remains as it is right now, that the elections this fall will be legitimate?”

“Yes,” Psaki responded. “But the point he was making is that as recently as 2020, as we know, the former president was trying to work with local officials to overturn the vote count and not have ballots counted.”

She added, “We have to be very eyes wide open about that and clear-eyed that that is the intention, potentially of , and certainly of members of his party.”

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During a press conference on Wednesday, Biden was asked if he believes the 2022 midterms will be legitimate if Senate Democrats failed in their effort to pass voting rights legislation.

“Well, it all depends on whether or not we’ll be able to make the case to the American people that some of this is being set up to try to alter the outcome of the election,” he responded.

At a later point, he said, “I mean, sure, but I’m not saying it is going to be legit. The increase and the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these reforms passed.”