Mitt Romney says Donald Trump was wrong to claim the election was “rigged”
Washington, United States:
Republican US Senator Mitt Romney said on Friday that Donald Trump – on the verge of losing the presidency to Joe Biden – was wrong to claim the election was “rigged, corrupted and stolen” by Democratic rivals.
While the president is “within his rights” to call for recounts and to seek inquiries into alleged voting irregularities, as his supporters claim, “he is wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupted and stolen” , said Romney, an occasional Trump critic. .
“Doing so harms the cause of freedom here and in the world, weakens the institutions that are the basis of the Republic and recklessly ignites destructive and dangerous passions.
