Answering questions Friday, President-Elect Joe Biden said “a number” of Republicans have called him since Wednesday to express outrage & embarrassment with Trump.
Biden praised McConell & Romney for standing up & saying the right things on Senate floor, but added “there’s others who should be ashamed of themselves.”
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Biden says “a number” of Republicans have called him since Wednesday to express outrage & embarrassment with Trump. He praises McConell & Romney for standing up & saying the right things on Senate floor, but adds “there’s others who should be ashamed of themselves.” pic.twitter.com/Q1GAn4WoBM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 8, 2021
Biden praised Mitt Romney as “a man of enormous integrity. Enormous integrity.”
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President-elect Joe Biden praises Sen. Mitt Romney: "This is a man of enormous integrity. Enormous integrity." pic.twitter.com/itoCTbASVv
— The Hill (@thehill) January 8, 2021
Speaking on the Senate floor, Romey said “We gather due to a selfish man’s injured pride. And the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months – and stirred to action this very morning. What happened…was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States.”
"We gather due to a selfish man's injured pride. And the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months – and stirred to action this very morning. What happened…was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States."@MittRomney pic.twitter.com/UGr6aE3sEu
— NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) January 7, 2021