Republican leadership in Congress mum on Trump’s baseless fraud claims

The Republican leadership in Congress refuses to comment on President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric aimed at undermining the election process.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Whip John Thune, and an array of other GOP leaders in the Senate all decline or do not respond to requests for comment from CNN.

In the House, GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and conference chair Liz Cheney also do not respond to requests for comment.

Several Republican lawmakers, including Representative Will Hurd of Texas and Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois come out against Trump’s statements.

Kinzinger tweets, “This is getting insane.”

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says, “No Republican elected official is going to stand behind that statement. None of them will.”

“Counting every vote is at the heart of democracy,” Senator Mitt Romney of Utah tweets. “Have faith in democracy, in our Constitution, and in the American people.”

Leading Republican senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham both came to Trump’s defense in interviews with Fox News.

In an astonishing, unfounded attack on the US democratic process, Trump said Thursday night that Democrats were “trying to steal the election,” falsely claimed to have won the election and issued legal threats.