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Not every member of the Republican party has accepted the outcome of the 2020 presidential race--including President Donald J. Trump. But according to Business Insider, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has. In fact, Romney has called on all Americans to support the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. On CNN's 'State of the Union' on Sunday, Romney told Jake Tapper that Trump 'will accept the inevitable' regarding the outcome, but would not do so gracefully. Don't expect him to go quietly into the night. That's not how he operates. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) Interview, CNN's 'State of the Union With Jake Tapper' Seeking to help in reuniting the country, Romney was the first sitting Republican senator to congratulate Biden after the incredibly contentious race was called.
President Donald Trump has waged an all-out war against the election results. Several Republicans have waged lawsuits in multiple states seeking to overturn the election results. Sen. Mitt Romney said it would "madness" for Republicans to protest the vote certifying the election for Joe Biden. "We have a process, recounts are appropriate, going to the court is approp & pursuing every legal avenue is appropriate." "Trying to get electors not to do what the people voted to do is madness."
On Wednesday, the US surpassed administering 1 million first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The first wave of recipients includes Pres.-Elect Joe Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Sen. Mitt Romney. Business Insider reports they were all vaccinated publicly to encourage others to do the same. Katalin Karikó, the scientist who developed mRNA vaccines, received her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on December 21. Who are some of the other high-profile people to get vaccinated? Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Senators Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
On Sunday, Sen. Mitt Romney publicly criticized President Donald Trump's continued efforts to undermine and delegitimize the 2020 election. Romney said there were many things Trump could be doing, like heralding the success of the COVID vaccine. Romney is dismayed that Trump has chosen to focus on overturning the election. "It's really sad and in a lot of respects embarrassing," he said. Romney said Trump is leaving Washington "with a whole series of conspiracy theories." "Things that are so nutty and loopy that people are shaking their heads, wondering what in the world has gotten into this man."
Donald Trump blasts President Joe Biden over Iran's major attack on Israel, alleging that his rival in November elections showed American "weakness" in the Middle East. "God bless the people of Israel. They are under attack right now. That's because we show great weakness," he says at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. SOUNDBITE
The White House says it had "warned" Iran after President Joe Biden said Tehran was threatening a significant attack on Israel over a strike that destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Damascus. SOUNDBITE
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