Sen. Pat ToomeyPatrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyAppeals court rules NSA’s bulk phone data collection illegalDunford withdraws from consideration to chair coronavirus oversight panelGOP senators push for quick, partial reopening of economyMORE (R-Pa.) on Saturday night congratulated Joe BidenJoe BidenOutside groups flood Georgia with advertising buys ahead of runoffsBiden will receive @POTUS Twitter account on Jan. 20 even if Trump doesn’t concede, company saysTrump to participate in virtual G-20 summit amid coronavirus surgeMORE as the president-elect while calling on President TrumpDonald John TrumpBen Carson says he’s ‘out of the woods’ after being ‘extremely sick’ with COVID-19Biden will receive @POTUS Twitter account on Jan. 20 even if Trump doesn’t concede, company saysTrump to participate in virtual G-20 summit amid coronavirus surgeMORE to “accept the outcome of the election” and allow a smooth transition process.
Toomey issued a lengthy statement urging Trump to accept the election results showing a win for Biden after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign alleging widespread ballot fraud in Pennsylvania.
With todays decision by Judge Matthew Brann, a longtime conservative Republican whom I know to be a fair and unbiased jurist, to dismiss the Trump campaigns lawsuit, President Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania, Toomey said in a statement.
Toomey, who has announced his retirement from politics at the end of 2022, also recognized Biden and Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala HarrisOutside groups flood Georgia with advertising buys ahead of runoffsPence campaigns in Georgia as Trump casts shadow on runoffsThe Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Capital One – Pfizer, BioNTech apply for vaccine authorizationMORE (D-Calif.) as the president-elect and vice president-elect.
I congratulate President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory. They are both dedicated public servants and I will be praying for them and for our country, he said.
Toomey is the fifth Senate Republican to congratulate Biden on winning the 2020 presidential election.
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Toomey previously said it was quite likely that Biden would be the next president though said it was not yet a 100-percent certainty.
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Toomey issued his statement after Brann, a federal judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania, issued a strongly worded opinion dismissing the Trump campaign’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of election results in the commonwealth.
The judge took Trumps lawyers to task for making strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations not based on evidence.
Brann, an appointee of President Obama, derided the Trump campaigns lawsuit as a Frankensteins Monster that sought to disenfranchise nearly seven million voters in Pennsylvania.
The lawsuit cannot be resubmitted since it was dismissed with “prejudice.”
Toomey noted the decision follows a series of procedural losses for President Trumps campaign.
He pointed out that officials in Georgia certified Bidens win in that state on Friday and Michigan state lawmakers rejected the apparent attempt by President Trump to thwart the will of Michigan voters and select an illegitimate slate of electoral college electors.
Toomey said the recent developments confirm that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and will become the 46th president of the United States.
Toomey will be the next chairman of the Senate Banking Committee if Republicans keep their majority in 2021 by winning at least one of two runoff Senate races in Georgia scheduled for Jan. 5. He says he will retire from Congress at the end of 2022 and return to the private sector.