Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is urging President Donald Trump to concede the election after President-elect Joe Biden secured the White House.
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Hogan on Sunday if Trump should concede the election.
“I think he ought to at least acknowledge that he will even if it may take a few more days for cooler heads to prevail and to convince him that it’s the right thing to do for the nation. We do have, still, I think three states outstanding and hopefully that’s going to happen any day now,” Hogan said.
He added, “At some point, I think very soon the narrative may change. More and more people in my party are accepting the results and a number of people also did congratulate the president-elect and hopefully, the president’s team will do the right thing in the end.”
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said he hopes that President Trump will “do the right thing in the end” and concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden. https://t.co/X8huDffAHh #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/i1AxNHPg9P
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) November 8, 2020
Despite the president’s claims of widespread voter fraud, Hogan suggested he has not seen any evidence to prove it.
He noted a few Republican governors responsible for the states still yet to be called have not questioned the results.
“We want to make sure every single vote is counted fairly and I think, you know, there are legal processes if you think there are mistakes, but I don’t think we’re going to see anything that’s going to overturn this election and I haven’t seen any evidence of widespread… this is the way our system works whether you like it or not. It’s time to get behind the winner of the race,” Hogan said.
The Maryland governor congratulated the former vice president on Twitter Saturday, as IJR previously reported.
“Congratulations to President-elect Biden. Everyone should want our president to succeed because we need our country to succeed,” Hogan said.
He went on, “We have great challenges ahead of us as a country. Now more than ever, we need to come together as Americans.”
