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Posted On: 12/13/2020 2:44:09 PM
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Sen. Bill Cassidy acknowledged on Sunday that Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 presidential election and urged the Republican Party to unify as the Electoral College votes Monday on the election.
"As Abraham Lincoln said, a house divided against itself cannot stand," the Louisiana Republican said on CNN's "State of the Union." "Our nation, our conservative movement, our Republican Party can't stand if we are divided against ourselves. So, at some point, we have to come together for all those reasons.”
Asked if the GOP will accept Biden as president-elect, Cassidy noted that President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders "have clearly in their actions acknowledged that Biden has won."
"Obviously, he is the president-elect. He has 270 Electoral College votes," Cassidy said. "As we're a nation of laws, and this is the Constitution, and this is the law, and this is how it breaks out, and the courts have ruled, then President Biden's going to be our next president."
Cassidy added that "clearly, there's still disappointment," in Trump's loss, but "in terms of the functional aspect of actually beginning the transition, that has begun" for Biden to take over the presidency on Jan. 20.
"As Abraham Lincoln said, a house divided against itself cannot stand," the Louisiana Republican said on CNN's "State of the Union." "Our nation, our conservative movement, our Republican Party can't stand if we are divided against ourselves. So, at some point, we have to come together for all those reasons.”
Asked if the GOP will accept Biden as president-elect, Cassidy noted that President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders "have clearly in their actions acknowledged that Biden has won."
"Obviously, he is the president-elect. He has 270 Electoral College votes," Cassidy said. "As we're a nation of laws, and this is the Constitution, and this is the law, and this is how it breaks out, and the courts have ruled, then President Biden's going to be our next president."
Cassidy added that "clearly, there's still disappointment," in Trump's loss, but "in terms of the functional aspect of actually beginning the transition, that has begun" for Biden to take over the presidency on Jan. 20.
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