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Search every verified Mark Warner interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2021 appearance at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Senator Mark Warner commented on the 2020 U.S. presidential transition. He stated that President Donald Trump had not conceded the election and said he found it "very disturbing" that Trump was not willing to go through with the transition. Warner said he believed no one in the White House or among his Republican Senate colleagues thought Trump could overturn the election results, but noted that many Republican colleagues had been "unwilling to publicly speak that out." Warner said that Trump's comments about a rigged election were "the kind of comments that you would expect to hear out of a third world dictator who doesn't like the results of democracy." He said that Trump's behavior tarnished America's global standing, but also noted that the election system had worked: there was record turnout, minimal foreign interference, no violent clashes between supporters, and the recount and judicial systems had upheld the results.
“We didn't think it would potentially take place here in the United States, but in Donald Trump, even though he was soundly defeated by a six million vote margin, President-elect Biden received the same number of electoral votes, 306, as President Trump had received in 2016.”
“President Trump has not conceded officially. I think there's virtually no one in the White House or any of my Republican Senate colleagues who believe he's going to be able to overturn the results of the election, but many of my Republican colleagues have been unwilling to publicly speak that out.”
“I find it very disturbing if we have to go through two more weeks of a President Trump not being willing to willingly go through with the transition. At least thank goodness we have transitions in place; the President-elect and Vice President-elect are getting the intelligence briefs that are critically important.”
“I think it does tarnish America's image on a global standing. You hear these kind of comments that you would expect to hear out of a third world dictator who doesn't like the results of democracy.”
US Senator from Virginia, Mark Warner spoke at the 18th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2020. He hit out at ...
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