In his most direct comments yet, Senator Tim Scott said he would vote to confirm the results of the 2024 election after avoiding the topic in recent weeks.
“Well, sure,” Scott told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview Sunday when asked if he would vote in favor of certification. “We expect a fair and honest election, and as a result of that expectation, we will certify the election and confirm President Donald Trump as our 47th president,” he said.
Scott, former President Donald Trump’s frontrunner to run for president this year, faced similar questions about accepting the results of this year’s election, including during an appearance NBC’s “Meet the press“ in early May.
“At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States is going to be President Donald Trump,” he told moderator Kristen Welker, declining to answer several questions about whether the outcome was accepted.
Even if Trump chooses him as his vice presidential running mate, Scott will To still be a permanent member of the Senate when Congress meets to confirm the results of the 2024 election. It could put him in the position that confirms it In 2025, he wins or loses his election result in the Senate.
Trump continues to falsely claim it’s 2020 the election was stolen from him. He has several vice-presidential candidates He was confused about whether the 2020 election was really rigged or not about will they commit to accepting this year’s results?.
Scott, in turn, voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, acknowledging Biden’s victory. In a statement released on the morning of Jan. 6, he explained his vote to approve some states’ electoral rolls by saying that “no justice, judge or fact-finder has found evidence to show that the election results in those states should be overturned.”
At the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee last year, Scott said former Vice President Mike Pence did “absolutely” the right thing by certifying the election results.
During his own presidential campaign, Scott also disagreed with voters who claimed the 2020 election was rigged.
“I do not believe that the elections were stolen. “I believe the states have created a new system, mail-in ballots, without signature verification,” Scott said during a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa, in June.