Washington-SANA
Three weeks after the US presidential election, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie urged outgoing President Donald Trump to accept his presidential defeat to Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Trump has so far refused to admit his defeat in the presidential election, despite Biden winning 306 votes in the electoral college, while he got 232 votes and making unsubstantiated allegations of widespread electoral fraud.
The American (ABC) network quoted Christie, one of Trump's most prominent allies, as saying today that “the behavior of President Trump's legal team is a national embarrassment and that his camp was often discussing election fraud outside the courtroom, but when they enter the courtroom, they do not claim fraud and do not argue. In fraud ”.
"I was a supporter of the president and voted for him twice, but the elections have consequences and we cannot continue to act as if what happened here did not happen," Christie added, referring to Trump's loss and Biden's victory in the election.
Although many Republicans support Trump's legal attempts to contest the election result, an increasing number have moved away after a Pennsylvania judge rejected a Trump campaign lawsuit aimed at nullifying millions of votes in the mail in the state as the move paves the way for ratification later today. Biden wins.
In turn, Ron Klein, who was chosen by the president-elect as chief of staff at the White House, in an interview with ABC today, called on the Trump administration to facilitate the transfer of power, noting that Biden will announce his first ministerial appointments tomorrow.
Trump's refusal to comply with the election results raises concerns among the American security services and outside this circle, especially because of the dangerous effects this could have on either national security or with regard to confronting the Corona pandemic that has killed more than 250,000 people in the United States.