Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, rejected a declare by former President Donald Trump that former Vice President Mike Pence had the ability to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election.
Pence made the rebuke throughout a speech to a Federalist Society occasion on Friday. Within the aftermath of Trump's loss, the previous president and different Republicans pushed claims—with out proof—that widespread fraud was the one motive why he misplaced. Some—together with those that participated within the violent January 6 riot—additionally believed that Pence ought to have overturned the election.
However throughout his speech, Pence mentioned he "had no proper" to take action.
"The presidency belongs to the American folks and the American folks alone," he mentioned. "And albeit, there isn't any thought extra un-American than the notion that anybody particular person may select the American president. Beneath the Structure, I had no proper to vary the end result of our election."
His remarks later drew the ire of Trump, whereas additionally receiving reward from some Republicans.
Rubio, throughout a Sunday morning look on CBS Information' Face the Nation, backed Pence within the ongoing feud. He famous that if the state of affairs was reversed, he wouldn't need a Democratic vice chairman to overturn election outcomes.
"Effectively, if President Trump runs for reelection, I imagine he would defeat Joe Biden. I do not need Kamala Harris to have the ability as vice chairman to overturn that election. That is the identical factor that I concluded again in January of 2021," he mentioned.
The senator, who finally voted to certify Biden's win, added that he thought-about this line of pondering when voting on whether or not or to not certify the election ends in key swing states.
"You realize, when that difficulty was raised, I checked out it, had analyzed it and got here to the identical conclusion that vice presidents cannot merely resolve to not certify an election."
Host Margaret Brennan additionally pressed him about his ideas on the Republican Nationwide Committee's protection of the rioters, who accused Democrats of main a "persecution of peculiar residents engaged in respectable political discourse."
Rubio voiced assist for prosecuting "anyone who dedicated crimes on January 6" but additionally slammed the committee for investigating the riot as a "partisan rip-off."
At the same time as Rubio and some Republicans backed Pence, the previous vice chairman's feedback acquired pushback from Trump and his allies. Trump wrote in an announcement that "the vice chairman's place shouldn't be an computerized conveyor belt if apparent indicators of voter fraud or irregularities exist," repeating the unproven claims of widespread voting fraud.
Newsweek reached out to Rubio's workplace for remark Sunday. This story might be up to date with any response.
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