The White House asked Republicans to condemn Trump’s remarks on the Constitution

The White House condemned statements made by Donald Trump over the weekend regarding the possibility of repealing certain provisions of the U.S. Constitution due to the “massive fraud” that occurred, according to the former president in the 2020 election. Joe Biden’s administration has called on Republicans to condemn Trump’s statements.

“Every president and every congressman swears an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said Monday. – Reaffirming the oath taken by members of Congress and upholding the Constitution is not a difficult task at all. Republicans in Congress should do it immediately instead of continually refusing to answer the simplest questions.”

Some Republicans condemned remarks Trump made Saturday in his posts on the former president’s Truth Social, an online platform owned by the former president. Many prominent conservatives, however, have remained silent so far.

Last month, Trump announced that he would run for president a third time in 2024.

“Massive fraud of this type and magnitude allows all rules, regulations and articles, even those contained in the Constitution, to be overturned,” Trump wrote Saturday, repeating false claims that the results of the election he lost in 2020 were rigged.

This was Trump’s response to the revelations of the actions of former Twitter executives, who on the eve of the 2020 election deliberately restricted the circulation of a New York Post publication about deals made with foreign companies by Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. The Biden family denies any wrongdoing.

On Monday, Trump wrote on Truth Social, commenting on his previous posts, that the “massive and widespread fraud” committed in the 2020 election, the veracity of which he said was supported by “overwhelming evidence,” was grounds for him to “take steps to correct wrongdoing.”

The former president never gave a single example of such evidence.

Former Vice President Mike Pence and former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, both Republicans, on Monday criticized their former boss’s remarks. Bolton said he is willing to consider running for president himself if Republicans don’t hold Trump accountable for his remarks.

Republican senators John Cornyn, Lisa Murkowski, John Thune and Mike Rounds also criticized Trump.

“I just think it’s irresponsible,” Cornyn said Monday.

Thune, the second-highest-ranking Republican in the House, said he “strongly disagreed” with Donald Trump’s words because he “swore to defend and support” the Constitution when he took office as a congressman.

However, neither Cornyn nor Thune responded positively when asked by reporters whether such statements could disqualify Trump from running in the next presidential election.