Biden hesitates to say 2022 election results will be legitimate if ‘voting rights’ bills not passed

President Biden refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the 2022 midterm elections in a news conference Wednesday.

“Speaking of voting rights legislation, if this isn’t passed, do you still believe the upcoming election will be fairly conducted and its results will be legitimate?” a reporter asked the president.

“Well, all depends on whether or not we’re able to make the case to the American people that some of this is being set up to try to alter the outcome of the election,” Biden said, apparently referring to Republican efforts in various states to shore up what they characterize as election integrity in the wake of permissive 2020 voting rules. “And it’s one thing look, maybe I’m just being too much of an optimist.”

Another reporter brought up the remarks in a further question to the president.

“It easily could be illegitimate,” Biden said. “Imagine if, in fact, Trump had succeeded in convincing Pence to not count the votes.”

Specifically on 2022, Biden said, “Imagine if those attempts to say that the count was not legit, you have to recount it or we’re going to discard the following votes.”

“The increase of the prospect of it being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these reforms passed,” the president added. He added that Democrats are not going to assume “that the attempt fails.” – READ MORE