Nancy Pelosi says Trump should accept election results 'like a man'
Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump should accept the election results âlike a manâ rather than trying to undermine the democratic process.
Speaker Pelosi took aim at the president and accused him of trying to âstir the potâ with his claims that votes received after election day should not be counted.
âOn 20 January 2021 Joe Biden will be inaugurated president of the United States. The states will count the votes that they have in a timely fashion," Pelosi said on MSNBC.
"The easiest thing for him (Trump) to do is to stand up like a man and accept the results of an election of the American people.
"For him to make these kinds of statements shows his lack of patriotism, his undermining of our elections while he allows foreign countries like his friend Putin to undermine the integrity of our election, he himself is doing it as well.â
Observers say it is unlikely that the winner of the election will be officially named on Tuesday night with a large number of mail in ballots to be counted.
The president has attacked that process and said he wants the result to be clear on election night.
âIt would be very, very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on 3 November instead of counting ballots for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate and I donât believe that thatâs by our laws,â Mr Trump said on Tuesday.
âWeâll see what happens.â
There is no law requiring states to certify their election results on election day and federal law says they have until 8 December to resolve any âcontroversy or contestâ about appointing its electoral college electors.
Mr Trump has regularly wavered on committing to a peaceful transfer of power, a hallmark of US democracy.
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