Lindsey Graham: Before the High Court ruling, Biden cannot be considered president-elect

Reporter : Li Keheng / Editor : Zhang Lili / https://www.soundofhope.org/post/444139 / Direct translation

 Senior Republican Senator and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday (November 17) that President Trump is still the United States President, and Biden has yet to win the election. Unless Trump voluntarily declares that he has lost the election or the High Court dismisses the lawsuit, Biden cannot be considered "president-elect."

Graham made these remarks in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. He stated that people should not now regard Biden as a "president-elect" unless President Trump declares his withdrawal from the election or the High Court dismisses the lawsuit and states certify that his electoral votes belong to Biden.

"If no one admits to losing, then this is a controversial election.", "If the dispute goes to the court and one party loses, then that is the end of the dispute. Apart from the court, there is no other way to overturn the election."

Graham told reporters on Tuesday that he had communicated with election officials in Nevada and Arizona. "There will be more mailed ballots, not less. It is very important to verify the signatures." He said that as a senator worried about the integrity of the national election process, especially in the area of ​​mailed voting (possible problems), he went to contact the officials in charge of election affairs in order to understand the specific situation.

Graham explained, "I will try to find out how they verify the mailed ballots.", "The question I asked them was who would verify (the ballot) signature. If it was just one person (doing this), I couldn't approve to do so. I think it should be people from two parties (to supervise together)."

Another Republican senator, James Lankford, also said that it is too early to call Biden the "president-elect." "We don't yet know who will be the final winner." "For example, Biden has been receiving intelligence briefings for a month before the election, until election day. I think we should continue to provide him with intelligence briefings, just like before the election because we have not ended the election campaign.” (Note: Before the election, the intelligence department usually provides intelligence briefings to presidential candidates so that they can understand the situation as soon as possible.)