Republicans Divided Over Trump's Election-Fraud Claims
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We ran the numbers: There are 3005 news articles covering this topic. 60% (1793) are left leaning, 33% (992) are center, and 7% (220) are right leaning.
President Trump’s unsupported claims of voter fraud have led many of his fellow Republicans to hint that he ought to tone down his rhetoric. While left-leaning articles highlight that there is a pervasive sense among current and former GOP officials that the president’s behavior is irresponsible, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump vowed to keep “fighting.”
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that there is a pervasive sense among current and former GOP officials that the president’s behavior is irresponsible. History suggests that Trump’s rhetoric go well beyond the normal trappings of democracy, as never before has a sitting president so aggressively undermined the integrity of a U.S. election.
Reuters published a centrist article reporting that throughout his campaign, Biden said he would work to heal the deep political divisions plaguing the United States, but that work could be impeded if Trump tries to convince part of the country that Biden won illegitimately. Many Republicans in Congress were not excited about a drawn-out battle between Trump and Biden, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged that ballots be counted in accordance with each state’s laws.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that on Friday, Trump vowed to keep “fighting,” saying that he will use “every aspect of the law” as election officials in battleground states continue to count ballots. The president said many places wouldn’t let “legally permitted observers” watch the ballot-counting.