The Republican candidates in the US midterm elections on November 8 will accept the results of the polls, win or lose, the president of the conservative party assured this Sunday.
As a wave of Republican protests led by former President Donald Trump threatens to upset the results of Tuesday’s vote, party chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also said she was confident of the “right momentum” from conservatives to tilt Congress toward the right.
For two years, President Joe Biden’s Democrats have held a narrow majority in the House of Representatives and a single majority vote, that of Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Senate.
Republican candidates for both chambers in Washington, as well as all local ballots, including state governors, “want to make sure the race is fair and transparent, let the process play out, and then we’ll accept the results,” Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. CNN.
300 candidates protesting?
Repeating that the Republican candidates – winners or losers – would respect the voice of the polls on Tuesday night, the party leader thus contradicted a series of statements by leaders close to his champion Donald Trump, who never acknowledged his defeat in the presidential elections of November. elections 2020.
For example, Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake refused to say she would respect a losing result to her Democratic opponent in the divided southern US state. Ditto in Wisconsin (north) where outgoing Republican Senator Ron Johnson did not say he would bow in the event of a loss to Democrat Mandela Barnes.
According to the Democratic field and analysts, there would be some 300 Republican candidates set to contest the results of the national and local elections on Tuesday night.
Republicans give winners in the House of Representatives
Asked about the people who monitor certain early voting places, she assured that “nobody should intimidate voters” while defending the right to observe the electoral process.
The polls predict a clear victory in the House of Representatives for the Republicans, who could also regain control of the Senate.
In Pennsylvania on Saturday, at competing campaign rallies, Joe Biden and his predecessor Barack Obama urged their voters to mobilize in defense of “democracy.” In front of them, former President Donald Trump, who dreams of revenge in the 2024 presidential elections, urged his supporters to vote in the legislative elections to provoke a Republican “giant wave” and “save the American dream.”
Source: BFM TV
