Prominent Republicans are condemning President Trump's false victory claim

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

A number of prominent Republicans are condemning President Trump after he falsely claimed victory in a late-night press conference with millions of votes still to be counted.

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton called the president's remarks a "disgrace" in an early Wednesday interview with the U.K.'s Sky News. He joins a growing list of Republicans — including former Ohio Governor John Kasich and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie — who have also criticized Mr. Trump's comments.

"He has cast doubt on the integrity of the entire electoral process clearly for his own personal advantage," Bolton told Sky News.

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"This was not the time to make this argument," Christie said. "I think by prematurely doing this, if there is a flaw in it later, he has undercut his own credibility in calling attention to that flaw."

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[MontanaMama]

1. Whatever.

They'll fall in line here any minute.

[Taraman]

2. That's a number of Republicans?

I count 3.

[onetexan]

3. So now Christie is bashing the Con? This is the guy who prepped him for debates.

My how the rats are jumping ship.

[orleans]

8. i watched christie say this shit last night

and he couldn't have been more careful, and pussyfooting, and delicate. he was, by no means, "bashing" trump

he was polite and demur. it was GROSS!

[NYC Liberal]

9. Right. He didn't say Trump was wrong. Just that he should have waited.

It was only about the optics.

[LisaM]

4. Chris Christie is a chameleon.

Seriously, what's up with that guy? I know he has the capacity to be reasonable - he was at this absolute best when he and Obama were working together on Hurricane Sandy relief - then he gets sucked back into the vortex. I just can't understand him. Why does he keep crawling back? (I do think getting coronavirus, which he may still be suffering the effects of, brought out his hidden reasonable side, but it will probably go away soon enough).

[BadgerKid]

5. Always a "former" GOP officeholder. n/t

[MoonchildCA]

6. What "credibility" has he undercut?

[Yeehah]

7. Tin pot dictator wannabe is gonna tin pot

It will be great to see Trump prosecuted as a private citizen in a couple months.

[marble falls]

10. Fuck those "prominent" Republicans. Where were they four years ago? Trump was nuts back then, too.