Fox News senior correspondent Geraldo Rivera and Turning Point
USA founder Charlie Kirk argued Monday over whether President
Donald Trump should continue his challenges to the presidential
election, after the Electoral College
officially voted for Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect.
What are the details?
Following the Electoral College vote, Biden called for unity in
an address to the nation. Fox News host Martha MacCallum hosted
Rivera and Kirk for their reactions, and the two commentators
expressed their opposing views on how things look for Trump’s
prospect at overturning the results.
Rivera delivered what he called a “superficial” criticism of
Biden’s delivery before saying, “However, he’s absolutely right: It
is over. I want my friend, the current president, the 45th
president to understand it is over. The Electoral College has
voted. The longer we drag this out, the more we damage the fabric
of our democracy … and it also damages the legacy of Donald
Trump, who should be taking a victory lap right now celebrating the
vaccine that he almost single-handedly forced the scientific
community to get ready to save millions of lives.”
In response, Kirk argued, “If we actually want what’s best for
the country, you’re gonna have to answer some of these questions
that 55 to 60 million Americans have, and they’re very good
questions, such as, why were signature processes changed in
Georgia? What exactly happened with people being shut out from
voting tabulation process?”
Kirk went on to say that “Joe Biden mentioned in his speech that
some of this was discussed in court. Some of these, by the way, are
still being played out. There are still plenty of pending legal
challenges, there are hundreds…”
“That is so dishonest,” Rivera said, stepping in, repeating
again, “That is so dishonest,” as Kirk asked to finish making his
point.
Kirk went on to raise further voting regularity concerns that
have been flagged by the Trump campaign, before Rivera pushed back:
“For six weeks. We have litigated this for six weeks. Twice the
Supreme Court of the United States have rejected it.”
He told Kirk, “You have to stop this.”
What happened next?
MacCallum then played a montage showing the passion Trump
supporters feel in fighting for their voices to be heard.
In reaction, Rivera noted that in the 2000 election, Al Gore
conceded with only 500 votes separating him and George Bush during
a contested election. He argued that Trump supporters are following
Trump’s lead in contesting the election against Biden, due to his
defiance, saying the president is “instilling in these people the
false sense that they have been gypped.”
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Kirk continued to argue, “I believe, for the future of our
country and for the goodness of our republic, these questions must
be answered or else you’re going to have tens of millions of people
that will never trust another election again.”
The full exchange can be seen in footage shared by
The Daily Beast.
