“It’s time to come together,” wrote Representative Will Hurd, Republican of Texas, who is retiring. “America has spoken and we must respect the decision. More unites us than divides us; we can find common ground. I hope the president-elect can embody this. I wish him good luck and I wish the president a successful final few weeks.”
Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and a frequent critic of Mr. Trump, additionally supplied a conventional assertion of properly needs to the victor, and was one of many few members of his occasion to refer to Mr. Biden by his new title.
“Ann and I extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris,” he wrote on Twitter. “We know both of them as people of good will and admirable character. We pray that God may bless them in the days and years ahead.”
But a number of Republicans who’re regarded as rising stars within the occasion stated any congratulations had been untimely, portraying the election outcomes as a creation of the information media and alluding to the opportunity of authorized motion that would change them.
“The media do not get to determine who the president is,” said Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri. “The people do. When all lawful votes have been counted, recounts finished, and allegations of fraud addressed, we will know who the winner is.”
Senator Patrick J. Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, who has introduced he’s retiring, issued an announcement congratulating each Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden for having “run hard, spirited campaigns that have inspired record civic engagement.” But he stated that given the closeness of the outcomes, Americans wanted assurances that the election was “being conducted with integrity,”
“Today’s announcement by the media of the election’s outcome is a projection,” Mr. Toomey stated. “A final outcome will be reached when the election process concludes, which is after all legal votes have been counted, litigation is resolved, and any recounts are completed.”
