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Rand Paul joins Trump’s supporters in challenging Biden’s presidency

Sunday, 24 January 2021 8:32 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 24 January 2021 8:32 PM ]

File photo of Senator Rand Paul and former US President Donald Trump

American Senator Rand Paul refuses to reject claims of election fraud promoted by former US President Donald Trump.

The Kentucky Republican lawmaker made the comments in a rather contentious interview with ABC News on Sunday.

“Well, what I would say is that the debate over whether or not there was fraud should occur, we never had any presentation in court,” he said. “Most of the cases were thrown out for lack of standing, a procedural way of not hearing it.”

Paul was being pushed to acknowledge that the presidency of President Joe Biden is legitimate.

Yet, Paul suggested that some of the efforts to overturn the election results were still underway and could end up in the conservative-heavy Supreme Court.

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“We do need to look at election integrity,” Paul said, joining Trump and his team in challenging not just the outcome of the latest presidential race but also the legitimacy of the new president.

The US remains in turmoil in the wake of Trump’s refusal to concede defeat, which in part led to a deadly breach of the Capital on January 6.

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