(CNN) Top Republicans are defending President Donald Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud and a rigged election even as some rank-and-file congressional Republicans have spoken out against the President's latest remarks. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the President and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, defended Trump on Thursday evening and echoed his baseless claims of voter fraud. "I'm here tonight to stand with President Trump," the South Carolina Republican, who was reelected Tuesday, told Fox News' Sean Hannity. A GOP congressional aide raised doubts about the President's claims of voter fraud: "I think it's hard to make the argument he's trying to make without actual instances of fraud to point to." Some of those who have publicly backed Trump largely argued that transparency is key in the vote count but avoided a full-throated defense of Trump's allegations.

Source: The Nation November 06, 2020 07:07 UTC