Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) voted the certify the 2020 presidential election and is holding firm in that decision.
Scott, who is on the short list to be former President Donald Trump’s vice president, stood by that vote to certify President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump Sunday, according to ABC News.
“I will stand by that decision and the next decision to certify the fact that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States,” Scott said on ABC’s “This Week.”
When he was asked about if then-Vice President Mike Pence refusal to block the certification, Scott said Pence had no choice — the “constitution is clear.”
Scott, along with Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, are being vetted as possible running mates for Trump.
The possible picks seem divided over the certification issue.
Vance said in February “we needed to have multiple slates of electors, and I think the U.S. Congress should have fought over it from there.”
Rubio, who voted to certify the 2020 election results, said in May he did so “because at that stage in the process, you have no options.”
Burgum accepted Biden as the legitimate victor in 2020, but is not clear on accepting the results of the 2024 race.
Trump returned to the Capitol last week to talk about future policy plans with congressional Republicans.
Scott met with Trump and praised his policies to help working class Americans.
“The working-class coalition that is now supporting Donald Trump is supporting Donald Trump because they know … they were better off under Donald Trump,” Scott said. “And so, what we talked about during the meeting with President Trump is the importance of focusing on the actual working class.”
