Eyeing a possible White House bid, Florida Gov. DeSantis declines to weigh in on one of the most divisive issues in the GOP: Could then-VP Pence have “overturned” the 2020 presidential election?
his former boss, saying Trump was"wrong" to suggest he had the authority to change the outcome of the election.“I’m not. I …” DeSantis told reporters at an immigration-related press event at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, before cutting himself off.
Though talk of a DeSantis-Trump feud has ebbed and flowed for months, both men say they have a good relationship — underscored by DeSantis’s reticence in crossing Trump on the issue of Pence's power to interfere in the Jan. 6, 2021, tally. Polls indicate that a significant portion of GOP primary voters nationwide believe the election was stolen — despite numerous audits, investigations and court cases that found no widespread fraud occurred to prevent Trump's victory.
The issue of formally approving the election results has taken on an added sense of urgency in the past week.to the Jan. 6 riot as “legitimate political discourse” in a resolution to censure two congressional Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.
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