Pence Defends Refusal To Concede 2020 Election

The Hill reports:

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended not conceding the 2020 presidential election until after Congress certified Electoral College the results in January 2021, pointing to the Trump campaign’s ongoing lawsuits challenging the results.

“The reality is I wanted to respect the process. I wanted to make it clear that I was going to do my job as the presiding officer over the Congress as my 47 predecessors had done and as vice president serving as president of the Senate,” he said.

The Trump campaign filed lawsuits in several key states following Biden’s 2020 victory, but the lawsuits were dismissed and election audits confirmed Biden’s win in every state that was challenged.

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