Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Sunday that he stood by his decision to certify President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
“I will stand by that decision and the next decision to certify the fact that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States,” Scott said. told ABC News‘ “This week.”
It is widely reported that Scott is on former President Donald Trump’s short list. possible choices for vice presidentbut his response could put him at odds with the presumptive Republican nominee, who told Time magazine in April that he would team your administration with people who agree with your false claim that the election was stolen from you in 2020 and “wouldn’t feel right” hiring someone who admitted Biden won.
Scott, like other Trump acolytes in recent months, dodged questions about whether he would vote to certify the 2024 presidential election regardless of who won, but later clarified that he would “Certainly”vote to certify the election.
Others on the vice presidential shortlist, like the Republican senator from Florida. Marco Rubiothey also dodged questions about whether they would vote to certify the next election if Trump didn’t win.
In 2020, Rubio and Scott voted to certify Biden’s presidential election victory, while 147 Republicans in the House and Senate voted against certifying the election results in at least one state.
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