Republican Leaders Reject Trump Hedging On Transfer Of Power
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others rebuked President Trump's equivocation about whether he might transfer power peacefully against a backdrop of uncertainty about the ongoing election.
Updated at 11:58 a.m. ET
No votes have been counted in the election of 2020, but a battle is already raging over the integrity of the tally and the process that will follow.
President Trump suggested he might not accept the election results if Democratic nominee Joe Biden is declared the winner.
"We're going to have to see what happens. You know that," he said on Wednesday evening in response to a question about whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power.
"I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And theabout mail-in ballot fraud.
