The inner circle of President Donald Trump is now splitting over his refusal to accept the recently revealed results of the 2020 election. Keeping in line with that, his senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner and his wife Melania Trump have advised Trump to accept President-elect Joe Biden's victory, while his adult sons suggest him and his allies to continue fighting.
two sources told CNN that Kushner approached Trump to throw in the towel. Separate sources claim that the first lady has privately told Trump that the time has come for him to embrace the election loss. On the other hand, Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric continue to push the allies to carry on the fight, urging their supporters and Republicans to publicly deny the results, despite leading news organizations projecting the race for the former vice president on Saturday.
If the sources are anything to go by, Trump, who was at his Sterling, Virginia based golf course over the weekend when the election result was announced, doesn't privately deny the outcome, although he does so publicly. He is, however, pushing his attorneys to press legal challenges in a bid to delay formal certification of the results, and has not publicly said that he will accept the election result.
His campaign spokesman Jason Miller tweeted Sunday morning, denying that Kushner has spoken to Trump about accepting the results. Claiming that the story isn't true, Miller wrote that Jared had advised Trump to seek all legal remedies in a bid to make sure the election results are accurate.
This story is not true. Given undetermined electoral outcomes in multiple states and serious voting irregularities and lack of transparency in others, Jared has advised @realDonaldTrump to pursue all available legal remedies to ensure accuracy. https://t.co/O8XgClHQMi
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) November 8, 2020
In his tweet, Miller suggested the electoral outcomes were undermined in several states, and there were serious voting irregularities, coupled with a lack of transparency in others. Shortly after networks projected that Biden is on the verge of becoming the nation's 46th President, Trump released a statement through his campaign accusing the Democrat of rushing to falsely pose as the election winner, adding that the race was far from over.
In his statement, Trump said he would not rest until Americans have the unbiased vote count that Democracy demands and people deserve. The statement also confirmed that the legal battle would start on Monday.
Kate Bedingfield, the deputy campaign manager of Biden-Harris, said Trump and Biden have not communicated, nor has there been any sort of interaction between representatives from either campaign after the race was called on Saturday. In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of The Union" on Sunday, Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders said several Republicans from the Hill have tried contacting, not no one from the White House has tried reaching out.