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On the recordSeptember 17, 2020
first of all, I thank the chaplain for the happy birthday that was part of the prayer. So they heard it in Heaven, as well as throughout the United States. Before the 2016 election, Democrats speculated very feverishly: Would Donald Trump accept the results of the election of 2016? Then he won, and it is the Democrats who have refused to accept the result. They sought to delegitimize the election, citing Russia's meddling or questioning our Presidential election system. On Inauguration Day, you know the famous Washington Post headline said it all: ``The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun.'' He was President about 1 hour at that time. In fact, we now know that efforts to fabricate a Russia collusion narrative were already under way well before the President was inaugurated. The same people are again fretting that President Trump might not somehow accept the election results if he loses. And, of course, under our Constitution, no President has any option but to accept those results because the term ends on January 20. But can't we also ask the alternative? What if President Trump does win? Well, this was the advice from Hillary Clinton to former Vice President Biden: that Biden ``should not concede under any circumstances.'' So will the Democrats respect the election results this time? I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa
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govinfo.gov
Sep 17, 2020

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