2020 Presidential Race

Republican Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz on Monday expressed caution in referring to the 2020 presidential election as “rigged.”

Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that history will not judge people who believe then’President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election well.

Piers Morgan appeared to vindicate former President Trump on Tuesday when he aired the full interview between them.

Fox Nation host Piers Morgan said Sunday on FNC’s “Media Buzz” that former President Donald Trump had a “pathological belief” he won the 2020 presidential race while discussing the details of his interview with Trump set to air on his new show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Monday.

Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL), a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama, said Thursday on Birmingham, AL’s CBS 42 that former President Donald Trump was still asking him to “rescind” the 2020 presidential election.

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was “surprised” and the close results of the 2020 presidential election.

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday on FNC’s “Special Report” that he was disturbed seeing former President Donald Trump’s “detachment from reality” after the 2020 presidential election.

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the Justice Department should be investigating former President Donald Trump for violating federal laws after the 2020 presidential election.

Marc Short, former chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that at the end of his presidency, the advisers to Donald Trump were “basically snake-oil salesmen.”

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)  said Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation” that vice presidents could not decide not to certify an election,” contradicting former President Donald Trump’s statement that then-Vice President Mike Pence could have overturned the results of the 2020 election.

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that former Vice President Mike Pence did his “constitutional duty” by certifying the 2020 election.

NBC News national security contributor Frank Figliuzzi said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that the “big lie” that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential race coupled with racism was fueling a “semipermanent violent insurgency inside the United States.”

Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Stephanie Ruhle Reports” that he believed the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol would “get the right narrative” so future generations would not think what happened was “legit.”

Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) said Sunday Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that former President Donald Trump’s fraud claims in the 2020 presidential election are unfounded.

During the network’s coverage of the first anniversary of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, NBC anchor Chuck Todd said that people who criticized President Joe Biden’s speech believed former President Donald Trump’s “lies.”

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes said Tuesday on his show “All In” that the House Select Committee on the Capitol attack asking Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate with their investigation could be seen as an overreach of government.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic Party nominee for president, said Sunday on NBC’s “Today” that during the 2016 presidential campaign that the people chanting lock her up “had no idea what they were talking about.”

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen said Monday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that as one of the “founders” of the “cult” of former President Donald Trump, he recognizes their “stupidity.”

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he would “gladly participate” in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation into former President Trump’s phone call to him after the 2020 presidential election results.

CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein said Monday on “Anderson Cooper 360” that he believed former President Donald Trump was a “rogue criminal president.”

Former President Donald Trump appeared to suggest on Wednesday that Republican voters would boycott future elections.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Monday on her show “Deadline” that House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) knows claims former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election is “total bulls—.”

Virginia gubernatorial candidate and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he wished the Supreme Court would have “let them finish counting the votes” during the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush.

Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Chris Krebs said Sunday CBS’s “Face the Nation” that leaders of the Republican Party have “lost control” of the party’s voter base.

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump is taking advantage of his base with the claims he won the 2020 presidential election.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump’s “personal efforts” in the state of Georgia during the final days of his presidency were a “ripe” area for more investigation.

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) was asked repeatedly by host Chris Wallace if the 2020 election was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump as Wallace attempted to force Scalise to defend state legislative efforts to reform election laws.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” that former President Donald Trump was “neck-deep in this personally” in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said Thursday on “Deadline” that she believed congressional investigations have revealed former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the U.S. government.

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that after the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump was “half a step away from a constitutional crisis” because he tried to “take over the Department of Justice and the attorney general.”

Senate Judiciary Republicans released a report on the committee’s investigation to determine if Trump had pressured the DOJ to look into election fraud.

Author Bob Woodward said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that his nonpartisan check of the fact found former President Donald Trump’s claims he won the 2020 presidential election are “bogus.”

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday on her show “Deadline” that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) was a “weak, pathetic” leader for following up on former President Donald Trump’s request for an audit of the Texas 2020 presidential results.

CNN anchor Don Lemon on Monday during the handoff from Chris Cuomo said that supporters of former President Donald Trump were not in “reality” and should face consequences for the damage they’re doing to our democracy by believing Trump won in 2020.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Monday on his show “The Lead” that Republican silence regarding former President Donald Trump’s “lies” about the 2020 election results were allowing him to “subvert democracy.”

Roundtable panelist Meghan McCain said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump was losing his “stranglehold” on the Republican Party.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that most of the Republicans in the Senate were privately embarrassed at former president Donald Trump’s “big lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election.

CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein said Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that former President Donald Trump was willing to “destabilize the world” to stay in office during the final days of his presidency.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday on CNN’s “OutFront” that former President Donald Trump knows he lost the 2020 presidential election.

Wisconsin Special Counsel Mike Gableman asked the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday to preserve “any and all records and evidence … including … information retained on any and all voting machines.”